Introduction The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are infectious diseases that principally
impact the world's poorest people. They have been neglected for decades, initially as part of …

The neglected tropical diseases represent a group of parasitic and bacterial diseases,
occurring primarily in rural areas or impoverished urban areas of developing countries …

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Context Mass oral azithromycin distribution to affected communities is a cornerstone of the
World Health Organization's trachoma elimination program. Antibiotics are provided to target …

The Community Eye Health Journal is published four times a year and sent free to
applicants from low-and middle-income countries. French, Spanish, and Chinese …

Background Trachoma, the worldwide leading infectious cause of blindness, is due to
repeated conjunctival infection with Chlamydia trachomatis. The effects of control …

Objective To understand the prevalence and demographic characteristics of infectious
keratitis and infectious corneal blindness. Methods A multi-center, population-based cross …

ContextThe World Health Organization recommends mass antibiotic distributions in its
strategy to eliminate blinding trachoma as a public health concern. Some hypothesize that a …

Background Antibiotics are a major tool in the WHO's trachoma control program. Even a
single mass distribution reduces the prevalence of the ocular chlamydia that causes …

Chlamydia trachomatis, an obligate intraocular bacteria causing trachoma, adult and
neonatal inclusion conjunctivitis, was the leading cause of blindness in the last century …