Photo Credit: Steven Boissy
WXIA -- Trachoma is one of the oldest infectious diseases known to mankind, according to the World Health Organization. The disease affects about 320 million people, worldwide.
Ethiopia has the highest rate of trachoma infections in the world and 11Alive News Anchor Brenda Wood traveled to the country with volunteers, from the Carter Center, who are trying to put an end to the disease.
Trachoma, which can lead to blindness, is caused by the Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria is oftentimes transmitted when "flies feed off of human feces" and transfer fecal matter to the ocular region or "around the eyes."
While in Ethiopia, Brenda will be working on a series of reports that are apart the "Local People Doing Extraordinary Things" series. This edition will follow the group around to different villages while they perform corrective surgeries and provide antibiotics to people affected with trachoma.
Look for more information on this story and other stories of "Local People Doing Extraordinary Things" in October.
Follow Brenda Wood on Twitter for updates on future stories.
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