{"id":59075,"date":"2026-04-21T20:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=59075"},"modified":"2026-04-21T20:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:57:08","slug":"who-certifies-algerias-elimination-of-trachoma-as-a-public-health-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=59075","title":{"rendered":"WHO Certifies Algeria&#8217;s Elimination of Trachoma as a Public Health Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organization has officially certified that Algeria has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making it one of a select group of countries to achieve this landmark milestone.<\/p>\n<p>Algeria&#8217;s Health Ministry told dzwatch that this recognition &#8220;places Algeria among nations that have successfully overcome one of the most complex challenges in global public health.&#8221; Trachoma is described as &#8220;the fourth infectious disease eliminated in Algeria&#8221; and remains the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a letter to Algerian Health Minister Mohamed Seddik A\u00eft Mou\u00e2llek, stated that eliminating trachoma &#8220;represents a major public health success requiring long-term effort and dedication,&#8221; warmly congratulating the Algerian government on this &#8220;historic achievement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The ministry confirmed this victory reflects Algeria&#8217;s health policies built on prevention, equitable access to treatment, and improved living conditions \u2014 cementing Algeria&#8217;s standing as a leading nation in disease prevention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organization has officially certified that Algeria has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making it one of a select group of countries to achieve this landmark milestone. Algeria&#8217;s Health Ministry told dzwatch that this recognition &#8220;places Algeria among nations that have successfully overcome one of the most complex challenges in global &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/59074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}