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Mapping Trachoma in Kaduna State, Nigeria: Results of 23 Local Government Area-Level, Population-Based Prevalence Surveys. [PDF]

, 2016
INTRODUCTION: To prepare for global elimination of trachoma by 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends mapping of trachoma at district-level to enable planning of elimination activities in affected populations.
Adamu, Mohammed Dantani, Alhassan, Abdullahi, Chu, Brian K, Flueckiger, Rebecca M, Gordon, Bruce A, Goyol, Musa, Isiyaku, Sunday, Mpyet, Caleb, Muazu, Habila, Muhammad, Nasiru, Olobio, Nicholas, Onyebuchi, Uwaezuoke, Pavluck, Alexandre L, Solomon, Anthony W, Umar, Murtala Muhammad, William, Adamani, Willis, Rebecca   +16 more
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Risk factors for active trachoma and ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection in treatment-naïve trachoma-hyperendemic communities of the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea Bissau.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014
BackgroundTrachoma, caused by ocular infection with Chlamydia trachomatis, is hyperendemic on the Bijagós Archipelago of Guinea Bissau. An understanding of the risk factors associated with active trachoma and infection on these remote and isolated ...
Anna R Last, Sarah E Burr, Helen A Weiss, Emma M Harding-Esch, Eunice Cassama, Meno Nabicassa, David C Mabey, Martin J Holland, Robin L Bailey   +8 more
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Smartphone photography as a possible method of post-validation trachoma surveillance in resource-limited settings.

International Health, 2019
BACKGROUND Validation of trachoma elimination requires monitoring after discontinuation of trachoma program activities, though such evaluations are not commonly done.
Blake M. Snyder, A. Sié, C. Tapsoba, Clarisse Dah, Lucienne Ouèrmi, S. A. Zakane, J. Keenan, C. Oldenburg   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The SAFE strategy for trachoma control: poised for rapid scale-up

Community Eye Health Journal, 2014
In 1998, all member states of the United Nations signed up for the Global Alliance for the Elimination of Blinding Trachoma by 2020 (GET 2020) through World Health Assembly resolution 51.1. This called on member states to complete the mapping of blinding
Paul Emerson
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Trachoma in remote Indigenous Australia: a review and public health perspective

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2016
Objectives: Trachoma remains a major health concern in many remote Indigenous Australian communities, despite behaviour‐modifying and biomedical strategies.
Johanna M. Warren, Alexander L. Birrell
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The utility of serology for elimination surveillance of trachoma

Nature Communications, 2018
Robust surveillance methods are needed for trachoma control and recrudescence monitoring, but existing methods have limitations. Here, we analyse data from nine trachoma-endemic populations and provide operational thresholds for interpretation of ...
A. Pinsent, A. Solomon, R. Bailey, R. Bid, Anaseini Cama, D. Dean, B. Goodhew, S. Gwyn, Kelvin Jack, R. P. Kandel, M. Kama, P. Massae, C. Macleod, D. Mabey, S. Migchelsen, A. Müller, F. Sandi, O. Sokana, Raebwebwe Taoaba, Rabebe Tekeraoi, Diana L. Martin, M. White   +21 more
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Integrating Face Washing into a School-Based, Handwashing Behavior Change Program to Prevent Trachoma in Turkana, Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2019
. Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness, and facial cleanliness is associated with reduced odds of trachomatous inflammation and Chlamydia trachomatis infection, but there is little evidence of how to drive this behavior change at scale ...
J. Tidwell, C. Fergus, Anila Gopalakrishnan, Esha Sheth, M. Sidibe, Leah Wohlgemuth, Avinish Jain, Geordie Woods   +7 more
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Defining Seropositivity Thresholds for Use in Trachoma Elimination Studies

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
Background Efforts are underway to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem by 2020. Programmatic guidelines are based on clinical signs that correlate poorly with Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) infection in post-treatment and low-endemicity settings ...
S. Migchelsen, Diana L. Martin, K. Southisombath, Patrick Turyaguma, A. Heggen, Patrick Rubangakene, H. Joof, Pateh Makalo, Gretchen M. Cooley, S. Gwyn, A. Solomon, M. Holland, P. Courtright, R. Willis, N. Alexander, D. Mabey, C. Roberts   +16 more
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The History of Trachoma and Current Prevalence (Spotlight on Iran): A Review Article

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2018
Background: Trachoma as a common cause of infectious blindness is caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. This study aimed to review the available data from variety of sources and provide an overview of the epidemiological situation of Trachoma in Iran focused ...
Gholamhossein YAGHOOBI, Gholamreza ANANI SARAB   +1 more
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Interventions to maximize facial cleanliness and achieve environmental improvement for trachoma elimination: A review of the grey literature

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
Background Efforts are underway to scale-up the facial cleanliness and environmental improvement (F&E) components of the World Health Organization’s SAFE strategy for elimination of trachoma as a public health problem.
M. Delea, H. Solomon, A. Solomon, M. Freeman   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source