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ny160718144012 The village of Kaluwapur, Nepal, June 7, 2018. In May, the World Health Organization declared that Nepal had eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making it the sixth country to do so. (Poras Chaudhary/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny160718144711 Bilando Rana, center, who had her eyelids re-inverted five years ago in an ?eye camp? that the Geta Eye Hospital set up, in Kaluwapur, Nepal, June 7, 2018. In May, the World Health Organization declared that Nepal had eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making it the sixth country to do so. (Poras Chaudhary/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny160718144310 People from India wait outside the Geta Eye Hospital in Geta, Nepal, June 7, 2018. The World Health Organization declared that Nepal has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, but thousands of patients cross the border from India for treatment the infection and other eye problems. (Poras Chaudhary/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny160718145513 Dharmpal Prasad Raman, the chief Nepal adviser for RTI/Envision, a group that contracts with the United States Agency for International Development to run the trachoma program, in Geta, Nepal, June 7, 2018. Although the campaign against trachoma has some British and Australian support, much of it is paid for and run by Americans. ?It?s important for American taxpayers to know that this is having a real impact,? Raman said. (Poras Chaudhary/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny160718145612 A boy gets his eyes checked at the Geta Eye Hospital in Geta, Nepal, June 7, 2018. In May, the World Health Organization declared that Nepal had eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making it the sixth country to do so. (Poras Chaudhary/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny160718143211 Women from India wait for a checkup after cataract surgery at Geta Eye Hospital in Geta, Nepal, June 7, 2018. The World Health Organization declared that Nepal has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, but thousands of patients cross the border from India for treatment the infection and other eye problems. (Poras Chaudhary/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny160718143712 The general consultation ward at the Geta Eye Hospital in Geta, Nepal, June 7, 2018. In May, the World Health Organization declared that Nepal had eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making it the sixth country to do so. (Poras Chaudhary/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny160718145711 A man gets his eyes checked at the Geta Eye Hospital in Geta, Nepal, June 7, 2018. In May, the World Health Organization declared that Nepal had eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making it the sixth country to do so. (Poras Chaudhary/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny160718144211 Shiva Lal Rana with his grand-niece at the Geta Eye Hospital in Geta, Nepal, June 7, 2018. More than a decade ago, he received an operation and antibiotics to treat a trachoma infection, a leading cause of blindness in poor countries. ?My vision is much better now,? he said. ?I can recognize people. I can work.? (Poras Chaudhary/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny160718143411 Shiva Lal Rana gets his eyes checked at the Geta Eyes Hospital in Geta, Nepal, June 7, 2018. More than a decade ago, he received an operation and antibiotics to treat a trachoma infection, a leading cause of blindness in poor countries. ?My vision is much better now,? he said. ?I can recognize people. I can work.? (Poras Chaudhary/The New York Times/Fotoarena)

ny160718145011 FILE -- A monkey stands atop Swayambhunath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Dec. 29, 2015. On the temple's depiction of Buddha, the top line of the eyes have a downward bulge, which some have suggested reflects the swollen eyelids that are a symptom of trachoma. (Poras Chaudhary/The New York Times/Fotoarena)