Set the scene.
Born in Victoria in 1913, Ċensu Tabone trained in medicine and specialised in eye care. In 1945 he led an anti-trachoma campaign in Gozo.
Here’s the twist.
Trachoma threatens eyesight. Tabone later worked with the World Health Organisation on campaigns in other countries, taking his expertise abroad.
Why it still matters.
He served as President from 1989 to 1994. His medical career offers a different starting point: follow the health problem, and a political biography becomes an international public-health story.
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