The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in East Timor. East Timor was the last country in the WHO South-East Asia Region with suspected endemic trachoma. Research between 2015 and 2017, and a survey in 2025, found no evidence of transmission. With this validation, trachoma has been eliminated throughout the region. East Timor is the 33rd country in the world to achieve this milestone.
