Yes, you heard it right! In a milestone achievement<\/a>, Nepal fully fought out the eye-concerning trachoma disease with the full-fledged volunteer and governmental commitment.<\/p>\n The World Health Organization (WHO) validated this in its recent announcement calling this as a milestone achievement for the country. Nepal \u201cbecomes the first in WHO\u2019s South-East Asia Region to defeat the world\u2019s leading infectious cause of blindness\u201d.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n WHO South-East Asia Regional Director Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh and WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Geneva, Switzerland handed over an acknowledgment letter of validation to the Nepali Minister of State for Health and Population Padma Kumari Aryal as part of the World Health Assembly.<\/p>\n Applause for Governance <\/strong><\/p>\n Officials had a round of applause on Nepal<\/a> for this ground-breaking achievement of dealing out with the disease of concern.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n