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The Global Trachoma Mapping Project

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: In the largest disease-mapping project ever conducted, health workers trained by the Global Trachoma Mapping Project have already examined the eyelids of more than 1 million people in nearly 1,000 districts since December 2012. The data collected are being used to create the first truly complete global map of trachoma and trichiasis, due in March 2015. Data on the prevalence of trachoma and trichiasis at country and district level are vital in order to plan public health interventions and to mobilise resources. The public health interventions are based on the SAFE strategy for trachoma elimi-

Source: Community Eye Health Journal

DOI: 10.56920/cehj.702

Authors: Anthony W Solomon, Elizabeth Kurylo

Institutions: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Wellcome Trust, International Trachoma Initiative

Language: English

Topic: Ocular Infections and Treatments

Subfield: Ophthalmology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W54524793