Blantyre Institute for Community Ophthalmology (BICO)

Blantyre Institute for Community Ophthalmology (BICO) is a Malawian charitable organisation with the mission of contributing to the prevention and control of blindness in Malawi and neighbouring countries in the Southern part of Africa, with a particular interest in trachoma. The strength of BICO lies in conducting operational research in Trachoma which includes Trachoma mapping and impact surveys. BICO is involved as an implementing partner in a multicentre Trachoma study exploring child mortality reduction after MDA with Zithromax.