Orbis has been fighting trachoma in Ethiopia for over 20 years and we’ve virtually eradicated the disease in 24 districts of the country. But the global pandemic temporarily halted our work and threatened to undo two decades of progress.
In December 2020, with special support and approval from the Ethiopian Ministry of Health, we launched a large-scale, door-to-door mass drug administration (MDA) program to restart the fight against trachoma in Ethiopia’s Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region (SNNPR).
With the support of our amazing donors, we've already administered more than 7.5 million doses of trachoma-fighting antibiotics across 89 districts in just one month, despite significant challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. We’re making great progress, but there's still so much work to do.