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The impact of health promotion on trachoma knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) of staff in three work settings in remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory.

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, Kelly Jones, Rebecca Ritte, Haley E Brown, Hugh R Taylor   +4 more
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Clinical signs of trachoma are prevalent among Solomon Islanders who have no persistent markers of prior infection with Chlamydia trachomatis

Wellcome Open Research, 2018
Background: The low population prevalence of trachomatous trichiasis and high prevalence of trachomatous inflammation–follicular (TF) provide contradictory estimates of the magnitude of the public health threat from trachoma in the Solomon Islands ...
R. Butcher, O. Sokana, Kelvin Jack, Leslie Sui, Charles Russell, Anna R Last, Diana L. Martin, M. Burton, A. Solomon, D. Mabey, C. Roberts   +10 more
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Trachoma: Past, present and future

Journal of Current Ophthalmology, 2016
Purpose: To review the background, epidemiology and current management of trachoma in endemic areas and worldwide. Methods: Review of literature. Results: Trachoma is one of the leading causes of preventable blindness in developing countries.
Mehrdad Mohammadpour, Mojtaba Abrishami, Ahmad Masoumi, Hassan Hashemi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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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Global, Regional, and National Burden of Trachoma: Cross-Country Inequalities, 1990–2021, with Projections to 2040

Ophthalmology and Therapy
Introduction In this work, we aim to evaluate the trends and cross-country inequalities of the global trachoma burden from 1990 to 2021 and to project its burden to 2040. Methods This study was a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Diseases Study
Yang Meng, Furong Li, Shun Zeng, Chaoqun Liang, Wei Chi   +4 more
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Chlamydia trachomatis from Australian Aboriginal people with trachoma are polyphyletic composed of multiple distinctive lineages

Nature Communications, 2016
Chlamydia trachomatis isolates causing a blinding disease (trachoma) form a single lineage that is different from the lineages causing urogenital infections. Here, Andersson et al.
Patiyan Andersson, Simon R. Harris, Helena M. B. Seth Smith, James Hadfield, Colette O’Neill, Lesley T. Cutcliffe, Fiona P. Douglas, L. Valerie Asche, John D. Mathews, Susan I. Hutton, Derek S. Sarovich, Steven Y. C. Tong, Ian N. Clarke, Nicholas R. Thomson, Philip M. Giffard   +14 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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Annual Report 2013 [PDF]

, 2013
The 2013 Annual Report includes a review of the year, research highlights and activities across the School's three Faculties, and key facts and figures.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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The Economics of Morality [PDF]

, 2016
Altruism is embedded in our biology and in our culture. We offer our bus seats to the disabled and elderly, give directions to disoriented tourists, and donate a portion of our income charity.
Bowen, Dillon
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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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