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Parasites & Vectors, 2019 Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness globally. The WHO has recommended the SAFE (Surgery, Antibiotics, Facial cleanliness and Environmental improvements) strategy to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem.
F. Altherr +14 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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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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Quality Assurance and Quality Control in the Global Trachoma Mapping Project
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2018 . In collaboration with the health ministries that we serve and other partners, we set out to complete the multiple-country Global Trachoma Mapping Project. To maximize the accuracy and reliability of its outputs, we needed in-built, practical mechanisms
A. Solomon +31 more
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Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 3, March 2026.ABSTRACT Background and Aims In Ethiopia, glaucoma and related cases account for 5.2% of the irreversible blindness and is the fifth main cause of blindness. The aim of this study was to investigate the time to blindness and associated factors among glaucoma patients under treatment at government hospitals in Amhara region, Ethiopia.
Awoke Seyoum Tegegne, Nurye Seid Muhie
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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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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019 BackgroundTrachoma, caused by Chlamydia trachomatis is the leading infectious cause of blindness. It is transmitted via personal contact with infected ocular and nasal secretions by hands, fomites and eye- seeking flies.
Endale WoldeKidan +4 more
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Prevalence and factors associated with trachoma among children aged 1–9 years in Zala district, Gamo Gofa Zone, Southern Ethiopia [PDF]
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Gesesew, Hailay +4 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 486-498, March 2026.Iron deficiency anaemia remains a major public health challenge in Sub‐Saharan Africa, where population growth, displacement and limited resources heighten nutritional insecurity. We compiled a list of indigenous African underutilized wild food plants and examined their potential for addressing micronutrient deficiencies.
Eltayb Abdellatef +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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