Saturday, July 25, 2009

KENYA

Sightsavers Kenya

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 on the 15th July, 2009. Trachoma, a repeated conjunctivitis infection, is a neglected tropical disease that is the second most common cause of avoidable blindness in the world after cataract: 5.9 million people have irreversible blindness caused by trachoma.

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