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Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
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- WHO confirmed trachoma is gone in India.
- WHO confirmed trachoma is gone in Pakistan.
- Trachoma is a bacterial eye disease.
- It can cause pain and blindness.
- The disease spreads by contact and flies.
- It affects places with little water and toilets.
- Surgery and antibiotics help many people.
- Clean faces and better environment help stop it.
- Large health programmes gave treatment to people.
- Communities must keep working to prevent return.
Difficult words
- confirm — say that something is true or correctconfirmed
- bacterial — related to tiny germs that cause infection
- blindness — loss of the ability to see things
- spread — move from one person to anotherspreads
- antibiotic — medicine that kills bacteria in the bodyantibiotics
- community — group of people who live in one placeCommunities
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Discussion questions
- Do you wash your face every day?
- Is there clean water where you live?
- Would you help your community to stop disease?
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