On October 13, the Countess of Wessex met with the President of Malawi Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera at the State House in Lilongwe. On the occasion of World Sight Day October 13, the Countess presented a letter from the British King to the President of Malawi Dr. Lazarus Chakwera, which congratulates him on his contribution to the successful elimination of trachoma in Malawi.