“Only the people who lose their sight know how precious the gift of vision truly is. Today on World Sight Day, on behalf of everyone who has regained their ability to see, and the countless millions of people who will not suffer from blinding trachoma, we owe a dept of thanks to Her late Majesty for this incredible legacy, and we say ‘zikomo’.  Zikomo for choosing sight as a priority, zikomo for supporting your communities, zikomo for helping Malawi see into the future.” – The Countess of Wessex The Countess of Wessex has celebrated #WorldSightDay today in Malawi as they become the first country in Southern Africa to eliminate trachoma. HRH, who has long championed the elimination of avoidable blindness, has been in Malawi and Botswana this week as IAPB1 Global Ambassador. Worldwide, more than 1 billion people live with preventable sight loss and in 2012, the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust (QEDJT) was launched, with an aim to end avoidable blindness across the Commonwealth and...