Changing Australia: Hugh Taylor on eliminating trachoma
From Radio National Breakfast by ABC Australia
May 4, 2026 · 10 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in Australia, featuring insights from Hugh Taylor.
Trachoma is the world's leading infectious cause of preventable blindness, and in Australia the burden has been felt largely in regional and remote First Nations communities. But in recent days the World Health Organisation declared Australia has finally eliminated trachoma as a public health problem — a landmark achievement and a huge step in preventing avoidable vision loss. Guest: Laureate Professor Emeritus Hugh Taylor, founder of the Centre for Eye Research and founder of the Indigenous Eye Health Unit at Melbourne University.
People in this episode
Guest: Hugh Taylor
Topics covered
- trachoma
- public health
- preventable blindness
- First Nations
- Australia
- vision loss
Keywords
- trachoma
- blindness
- public health
- First Nations
- Australia
- Hugh Taylor
- vision loss
- WHO
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: World Health Organisation, Centre for Eye Research, Indigenous Eye Health Unit, Melbourne University
Places: Australia, First Nations communities
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