The fight against trachoma has accelerated in recent days in southern Ethiopia. The highly contagious disease is being met with an aggressive intervention — known as a mass drug administration (MDA).
An MDA treats every person living in a defined geographical area to control and eliminate the targeted disease.
The Orbis team has set an ambitious goal to treat 10 million people in Southern Ethiopia. The antibiotic that we use is Zithromax, which is produced by Pfizer. Pfizer donates all the Zithromax that the Orbis team needs to end this disease.