Similarly, in societies where women are engaged in waged or money- based enterprise, trachoma diminishes their economic capacity. In addition, trachomatous blindness is an unnecessary sensory loss, which results in substantial pain and suffering. In aging women, trachomatous blinding may be compounded by a variety of disabilities, such as arthritis. But unlike arthritis, trachomatous blinding is easily preventable. Trachoma can be treated in its early stages and subsequent blindness prevented, but in order to accomplish this, it must be identified and reported
