At our meeting on the 17 April David Hatcher introduces Russell Marnok PP of the Rotary Club of Emerald and District, the District Champion for Trachoma who spoke to us on the End Trachoma by 2020 program and the trip he did to Alice Springs with a number of other District Champions and directors of EndTrachoma.
Australia is the only developed country with incidences of trachoma, all in the remote dry areas of Australia. To stop trachoma transmission and to stop trachoma bouncing back, environmental improvements are urgently required. We must make sure all children in these communities can keep their faces clean, and that they have safe, functional washing facilities.