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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 +2 more
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CATAPHORESIS IN TRACHOMA. [PDF]
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1899 The word "cataphoresis" is derived from two Greek words.** The word "catalysis,"*** is often used synonymously with "cataphoresis," and incorrectly. Cataphoresis is a subdivision of the electrical process called catalysis. Cataphoresis, as now understood, is a process whereby medicinal substances are introduced into the body, through skin or mucous ...
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Journal of International Development, Volume 38, Issue 3, Page 505-522, April 2026.ABSTRACT Vision problems reduce individuals' quality of life, and they also reduce their productivity as workers and consequently decrease their incomes. Most vision problems can be corrected with properly fitted eyeglasses, but many people with vision problems do not have such eyeglasses.
Paul Glewwe +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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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 56, Issue 2, April 2026.A regional assessment of the indigenous vascular plants of Niue is presented using the IUCN Red List criteria. The assessment was undertaken during a community workshop that drew on the indigenous local knowledge and scientific information. The assessment comprised 197 named taxa and 8 indeterminate entities, with 4 (2.0%) taxa assessed as Extinct and ...
Peter B. Heenan +2 more
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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 +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 +7 more
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British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1998 As part of the second National Survey of Blindness and Low Vision in the Gambia carried out in 1996, all survey participants were examined for signs of trachoma. The findings were compared with the results of the first survey in 1986, which used the same sampling strategy.A multistage stratified cluster random sample, with proportional probability ...
P J, Dolin +5 more
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Vision screening of Greenlandic children evaluating efficacy, coverage and future directions
Acta Ophthalmologica, Volume 104, Issue S290, Page S4-S24, April 2026.ENGLISH SUMMARY This thesis presents a comprehensive analysis of vision screening of children in Greenland, focusing on the efficacy of the current programme for six‐year‐old schoolchildren, the prevalence of vision impairment, amblyopia and refractive errors among six‐ and four‐year‐old children and the evaluation of a new screening method for ...
Nick Duelund
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Achieving universal eye health coverage: planning and human resource lessons from trachoma
Community Eye Health Journal, 2018 Teamwork has made a crucial difference to the success of trachoma elimination programmes. However, more trained supervisors are needed.
Paul Courtright +2 more
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