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Mexico is the first country in the Americas to eliminate trachoma. So what is that?
墨西哥是美洲第一个消除沙眼的国家。沙眼是什么？
Globally, it's the leading infectious cause of blindness. It's caused by a bacterial infection, and if a person gets repeated infections, their corneas could be scarred or they could lose vision entirely.
在全球范围内，它是导致失明的主要传染原因。它是由细菌感染引起的，如果一个人反复感染，他们的角膜可能受到创伤或可能完全失去视力。
About 1.9 million people worldwide are either visually impaired or blind from trachoma, according to the World Health Organization. Roughly 182 million people live in areas where they're at risk for catching it.
世界卫生组织称，全世界约有190万人患有沙眼导致的视力减退或失明。大约1亿8,200万人居住的区域有感染的风险。
In Mexico, trachoma affected about 146,000 people. The state of Chiapas actually created a task force of doctors and nurses dedicated to eliminating the disease in 2004.
在墨西哥，沙眼感染了约146,000人。在2004年，恰帕斯州建立了一个由医生和护士组成的工作小组致力于消除这种疾病。
Efforts to get rid of trachoma worldwide have increased in the last year. Health experts say 86 million people were treated with antibiotics in 2016, compared to 56 million the year before.
在世界范围内，去年消除沙眼的努力有所增加。健康专家表示，在2016年8,600万人接受了抗生素治疗，前一年是5,600万。
Mexico is only the third country, behind Morocco and Oman, to receive WHO validation for eliminating trachoma. The health organization hopes to have the disease completely eradicated by the year 2020.
继摩洛哥和阿曼，墨西哥是第三个获得世界卫生组织验证消除沙眼的国家。卫生组织希望到2020年底彻底根除这种疾病。
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