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Prevalence of trachoma within refugee camps serving South Sudanese refugees in White Nile State, Sudan: Results from population-based surveys

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019
Background The world is witnessing mass displacement of populations which could impact global efforts to eliminate neglected tropical diseases such as trachoma. On the African continent, South Sudan has experienced high levels of population displacement.
A. M. Sanders, Zeinab Abdalla, Belgesa E. Elshafie, Andrew W. Nute, Elizabeth F. Long, Nabil Aziz, Paul Weiss, E. K. Callahan, S. Nash   +8 more
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Magnitude and Associated Factors of Podoconiosis and its Comorbidity With Tungiasis Among Residents in Southwest Ethiopia: A Community‐Based Cross‐Sectional Study

Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Background Nonfilarial elephantiasis, also known as podoconiosis, is a completely preventable, neglected tropical disease characterized by prominent swelling of the lower extremities. The disease is common in sub‐Saharan Africa. However, its epidemiology varies from region to region.
Yared Nigusu, Sisay Teferi, Eshetu Chilo, Teshome Bekana, Kassahun Demelash Alemu, Samuel Ejeta Chibsa, Geleta Nenko Dube, Dereje Oljira Donacho, Qin-Xiu Zhang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

HEAD START – an innovative training approach for life-long learning

Community Eye Health Journal, 2017
An innovative global training approach called HEAD START is bridging the gap between theory and live surgery, building skills for new trainees as well as providing continuing professional development for experienced surgeons.
Demissie Tadesse, Isabella Montgomery, Girija Sankar   +2 more
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Edna McConnell Clark Foundation - 1999 Annual Report [PDF]

, 2000
Contains president's message, program information, grants list, financial statements, grant guidelines, and lists of advisors, board members, and ...

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Using lot quality-assurance sampling and area sampling to identify priority areas for trachoma control: Viet Nam

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2005
OBJECTIVE: To report on the use of lot quality-assurance sampling (LQAS) surveys undertaken within an area-sampling framework to identify priority areas for intervention with trachoma control activities in Viet Nam.
Mark Myatt, Nguyen Phuong Mai, Nguyen Quang Quynh, Nguyen Huy Nga, Ha Huy Tai, Nguyen Hung Long, Tran Hung Minh, Hans Limburg   +7 more
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Responses of the putative trachoma vector, Musca sorbens, to volatile semiochemicals from human faeces

bioRxiv, 2019
Background The putative vector of trachoma, Musca sorbens, prefers to lay its eggs on human faeces on the ground. This study sought to determine whether M.
Ailie Robinson, Julie Bristow, Matthew V. Holl, Pateh Makalo, W. Alemayehu, R. Bailey, D. McLeod, M. Birkett, J. Caulfield, Virginia Sarah, J. Pickett, S. Dewhirst, V. Chen-Hussey, Christine Woodcock, U. d’Alessandro, Anna R Last, M. Burton, S. Lindsay, J. Logan   +18 more
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Medicinal Plants Used by Tanzanians for Human Paediatric Ailments: A PRISMA‐Guided Systematic Review of Ethnomedicinal Evidence

The Scientific World Journal, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Paediatric ailments (PAs) pose an increasing health and economic challenge in many low‐ and middle‐income countries. In Tanzania, over 80% of the rural population relies on traditional medicine for primary healthcare. Although documentation of medicinal plants (MPs) used to treat and manage PAs remains fragmented, this systematic review consolidates ...
David Sylvester Kacholi, Neema Gideon Mogha, José Agustín Tapia Hernández   +2 more
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Unimproved water sources and open defecation are associated with active trachoma in children in internally displaced persons camps in the Darfur States of Sudan

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2019
Purpose To estimate the proportion of children with trachomatous inflammation—follicular (TF) and adults with trachomatous trichiasis (TT) in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in the Darfur States of Sudan and to evaluate associated risk factors ...
C. Macleod, Kamal H. Binnawi, B. Elshafie, H. Sadig, A. Hassan, Naomi Cocks, R. Willis, B. Chu, A. Solomon   +8 more
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The impacts of woody encroachment on nature's contributions to people in North America and Africa: A systematic review

People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 11, Page 2585-2601, November 2025.
Abstract Woody encroachment is affecting nature's contributions to people (NCP) in grassy ecosystems around the world, but these impacts have not yet been well summarised. Moreover, the impacts of encroachment are likely to vary depending on the historical ecosystem dynamics, climatic conditions, encroacher species, and the temporal, spatial, cultural ...
Felix Vusumuzi Skhosana, Nicola Stevens, Malebajoa Anicia Maoela, Sally Archibald, Guy Franklin Midgley   +4 more
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The burden of and risk factors for active trachoma in the North and South Wollo Zones of Amhara Region, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2017
Background Trachoma is a disease of the eye, caused by the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis, which can lead to blindness if left untreated. Ethiopia is one of the most trachoma-affected countries in the world.
Beselam Tadesse, Alemayehu Worku, Abera Kumie, Solomon Abebe Yimer   +3 more
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