The Countess of Wessex has said the Queen “loves it when people get together and make things happen” as she celebrated The Gambia’s achievement of becoming trachoma free.
Sophie, who is a global ambassador for the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), held a video call last month ahead of the official announcement, and described the news as “wonderful”.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed last week that The Gambia had successfully eliminated the eye disease – the world’s number one infectious cause of blindness.
“In our lifetime, to see something that has destroyed so many lives actually being beaten is wonderful.”