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.