TY - JOUR T1 - Time to learn from what is known JF - British Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Br J Ophthalmol SP - 156 LP - 156 DO - 10.1136/bjo.88.1.156-a VL - 88 IS - 1 AU - H Kuper AU - J C Buchan AU - A Foster Y1 - 2004/01/01 UR - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/88/1/156.2.abstract N2 - We read with interest the recent editorial by Melese et al.1 Trachoma is responsible for up to two million cases of blindness worldwide, yet to a large extent it is a forgotten disease which affects the poorest and most medically underserved people.The World Health Organization (WHO), together with the International Agency for Prevention of Blindness, jointly launched “Vision 2020–the right to sight” in 1999 which aims to eliminate avoidable blindness by the year … ER -