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Impact of an Educational Intervention on Hygiene Knowledge and Practices Among Municipal Waste and Sanitation Workers in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa

Advances in Public Health, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Safe and clean environments in the urban and peri‐urban settlements depend on municipal waste and sanitation workers (MWSWs). They accomplish this by performing tasks such as sweeping streets, collecting domestic waste regularly, pit latrine cleaning, cleaning public toilets, and operating waste collection trucks.
Alive Ntunja, Wilma ten-Ham Baloyi, June Teare, Oyedele Opeoluwa, Paula Melariri, Yibo Wu   +5 more
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ON THE TREATMENT OF TRACHOMA [PDF]

The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1891
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Neglected Tropical Diseases and Female Infertility: Possible Pathophysiological Mechanisms

Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Battling female infertility has posed a global challenge, where neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are nonetheless a notable contributing factor. NTDs affect a variety of diseases, often of a chronic nature, which are often cited as some of the most lethal diseases operating against the most economically disadvantaged populations across the globe.
Moses Agbomhere Hamed, Olabanji Ahmed Surakat, Victor Olukayode Ekundina, Kabirat Bolajoko Jimoh, Adetomiwa Ezekiel Adeogun, Nafisat Omolola Akanji, Oluwafemi Joshua Babalola, Patrick Chukwunonso Eya, Rajib Chowdhury   +8 more
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Celebrating 20 years of progress: accelerating towards elimination

Community Eye Health Journal, 2018
Twenty years after the World Health Assembly adopted a resolution that targeted trachoma for elimination, work is continuing at a rapid pace.
Virginia Sarah, Aparna Barua Adams, Tim Jesudasan   +2 more
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Targeting trachoma control through risk mapping: the example of Southern Sudan. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2010
BACKGROUND: Trachoma is a major cause of blindness in Southern Sudan. Its distribution has only been partially established and many communities in need of intervention have therefore not been identified or targeted.
Archie C A Clements, Lucia W Kur, Gideon Gatpan, Jeremiah M Ngondi, Paul M Emerson, Mounir Lado, Anthony Sabasio, Jan H Kolaczinski   +7 more
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An Exploratory‐Descriptive Qualitative Study on Accessing Eye Health Services at the Community Level in the Gamo and Gofa Zones, Southern Ethiopia

Health Science Reports, Volume 7, Issue 12, December 2024.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Access to eye health care, which has a substantial influence on quality of life, is crucial for preventing and treating vision impairments. The determinants of access to eye health care in Ethiopia, especially in the Gamo and Gofa Zones in southern Ethiopia, are not well known.
Tsegaye Alemu, Dawit Seyum, Mulate Gebre, Alemayehu Sisay   +3 more
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The East Africa Trachoma/NTD Cross-border Partnership

Community Eye Health Journal, 2016
Eastern Africa, which comprises Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, has the highest burden of trachoma in the world. In sub-Saharan Africa, there are 1,274 districts known to be endemic for trachoma (i.e., the incidence of ...
Teshome Gebre , Girija Sankar
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Trachoma then and now: update on mapping and control

Community Eye Health Journal, 2018
In the last 30 years, there has been rapid progress towards ending the suffering and blindness caused by trachoma, with five countries being validated as having achieved elimination. However, many challenges remain.
Anthony W Solomon, Paul M Emerson , Serge Resnikoff   +2 more
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Prevalence and associated factors of active trachoma among 1-9 years of age children in Andabet district, northwest Ethiopia, 2023: A multi-level mixed-effect analysis.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023
BackgroundTrachoma is the chief cause of preventable blindness worldwide and has been earmarked for elimination as a public health problem by 2030. Despite the five-year Surgery, Antibiotics, Facial cleanliness, and Environmental improvement (SAFE)-based
Zufan Alamrie Asmare, Beminate Lemma Seifu, Kusse Urmale Mare, Yordanos Sisay Asgedom, Bizunesh Fantahun Kase, Abdu Hailu Shibeshi, Tsion Mulat Tebeje, Afework Alemu Lombebo, Kebede Gemeda Sabo, Bezawit Melak Fente, Achamyeleh Birhanu Teshale, Hiwot Altaye Asebe   +11 more
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Systematic review of the evidence for treatment and management of common skin conditions in resource‐limited settings: An update

Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 29, Issue 11, Page 923-950, November 2024.
Abstract Introduction The skin is the largest and most visible organ of the human body. As such, skin infections can have a significant impact on overall health, social wellbeing and self‐image. In 2019, we published a systematic review of the treatment, prevention and public health control of skin infections including impetigo, scabies, crusted ...
Ingrid Amgarth‐Duff, Hannah Thomas, Bernadette M. Ricciardo, Lorraine Anderson, Mike Stephens, Bart J. Currie, Andrew C. Steer, Steven Y. C. Tong, Kristy Crooks, Allison Hempenstall, Artiene Tatian, Rachel Foster, George Kavalam, Tharushi Pallegedara, Kennedy Walls, Asha Bowen   +15 more
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