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, 2013 A cross-sectional study was undertaken in Nakuru, Kenya to assess the prevalence of refractive error and the spectacle coverage in a population aged ≥50 years.
Bastawrous, Andrew +3 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 BackgroundGlobally, trachoma is the leading cause of infectious blindness and Australia is the only developed country with endemic trachoma. It is found in remote Indigenous communities burdened with poverty, overcrowding and poor hygiene.
Fiona D Lange +4 more
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Current status of trachoma elimination in Africa
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 T. Gebre, A. Kello, P. Emerson
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 BackgroundTrachoma is chronic kerato conjunctivitis, which is caused by repeated infection with Chlamydia trachomatis bacterium. It is hyper endemic in many rural areas of Ethiopia.
Beselam Tadesse +3 more
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Developing Successful Global Health Alliances [PDF]
, 2002 Examines the circumstances that call for alliance formation to reduce the burdens of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, polio, river blindness, and many other diseases; the utility of various alliance models; and the characteristics of successful ...
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A proposed rapid methodology to assess the prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment.
, 2006 PURPOSE: To determine whether a sample of the 50-year-old and above population would provide comparable information to a total population-based survey. METHODS: In 1996, a national eye survey of the total population in The Gambia was undertaken and the ...
Dineen, Brendan +2 more
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Funding for Health in Africa: Mapping the U. S. Foundation Landscape, 2000-2002 [PDF]
, 2004 This report presents an overview of funding by foundations based in the United States for health related activities in Africa for the three-year period from 2000 through ...
Niamani Mutima
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The Impact of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene on Key Health and Social Outcomes: Review of Evidence [PDF]
, 2016 This evidence paper looks at 10 areas identified collaboratively with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on which WASH can plausibly have a strong impact: diarrhea, nutrition, complementary food hygiene, female psychosocial stress, violence ...
Joanna Esteves Mills, Oliver Cumming
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Reaching remote Amazonian communities to eliminate trachoma
Community Eye Health Journal, 2017 Worldwide, many indigenous peoples are at risk of developing trachoma, a bacterial eye disease that disproportionately affects the world’s poorest communities.
Julian Trujillo Trujillo +2 more
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