Sightsavers, Kenya
July 2009
Trachoma is a potentially blinding eye infection, found worldwide. Eradicated in developed countries, it remains a major health problem in many parts of the world.
It is endemic in many areas of Kenya’s Rift Valley and Eastern provinces, and is closely linked to the high levels of poverty found throughout these areas and lack of access to water that allows people to wash their hands and faces regularly.
Sightsavers are tackling the disease by teaching people simple hygiene methods to prevent getting the disease as well as by providing antibiotics and minor surgery to treat it.
Lester Moitai teaches village women about the SAFE strategy, that helps to prevent trachoma at a homestead in Orinie in Kijiado, Kenya.
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Lente Orumoi, 45 years old and who underwent Trachoma Surgery last year, poses for a photograph at her farmstead near Orinie in Kijiado, Kenya.
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School children perfom educational dances about Trachoma and how to prevent it at Orinie Primary School, near Kijiado, Kenya.
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A pupil demonstrates the use of a leaky tin to wash their hands and face as part of their hygeine campaign that helps to prevent trachoma in Orinie Primary school,near Kijiado, Kenya.
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Mary Toire, 35 years old, is given her antibiotic treatment to help prevent Trachoma at a mass treatment centre in Kachoi Marekt near Magadi, Kenya.
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Trachoma monitor, Jeremiah Ntors Sankaire examines the eyes of one years old Ezekhiel Lemayian who is being held by her mother Senetoi Lamayian who is 22 years old at their homestead in the Oldonyo Onyokie area in Kijiado, Kenya.
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Mooltetiein Salaash, 65 years old, waits to have her bandages removed after undergoing Trachoma Surgery at her homestead in Orinie, Kijiado, Kenya.
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Mooltetiein Salaash, 65 years old, has her bandages removed by Lester Moitai, a trachoma monitor, after undergoing Trachoma Surgery at her homestead in Orinie, Kijiado, Kenya.
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Mooltetiein Salaash, 65 stands outside her home after having her bandages removed on the morning following Trachoma Surgery at her homestead in Orinie, Kijiado, Kenya.
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(L) 50 year old Seteiy Makoi from Emaarit Town sits on the ground awaiting an operation for her trachoma outside of Orinie health centre, near Kijiado, Kenya.
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Mooltetiein Salaash, 65 years old, holds out the homemade tweezers that she has been using to pluck out her eyelashes to stop them hurting, before her Trachoma operation at Orinie Dispensary, in Kijiado, Kenya.
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50 year old Seleiya Makoi From Emaari town, has her eyesight tested at the Orinie Dispensary before undergoing trachoma surgery near Kijiado, Kenya.
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Opthalmic Clinical officer, John Soine and his assistant Dixon, prepare to undertake trachoma surgery in the health centre at Orinie, near Kijiado, Kenya.
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Opthalmic Clinical officer, John Soine and his assistant Dixon, undertake trachoma surgery on Mooltetiein Salaash in the health centre at Orinie, near Kijiado, Kenya.
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Simineti, who is two years old, is held by his mother on their homestead in Oldonyo, near Magadi, Kenya.
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Antibiotics that help to prevent trachoma are measured out at a mass treatment centre supported by Sightsavers, in Kitengela, Kenya.
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Kodogo Salaash,40 years old, and who has undergone successful Trachoma Surgery, and her 12 year old son Rimoine herd goats on their homestead in Orinie, near Kijiado, Kenya.
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Caption: 50 year old Seteiya Makoi has her bandages removed by Lester Moitai, a trachoma moniter, after undergoing surgery for her trachoma in Orinie Dispensary, Kijiado, Kenya.
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Lasoi Marangwai, 40 years old, and from the village of Koora, makes traditional Masai Beadwork in the small restaurant that she runs in Kachori Market in Magadi District, Kenya. Lasoi has undergone trachoma surgery and is now able to see properly again, allowing her to get on with her daily life.
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Lente Orumoi, 45 years old and who underwent Trachoma Surgery last year, holds up a copy of the sightsavers Annual report at her farmstead near Orinie in Kijiado, Kenya.
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