Background Trachoma is the commonest infectious cause of blindness. It is prevalent in
areas where personal and community hygiene is poor, and it mainly affects deprived and …

Background Facial cleanliness and sanitation are postulated to reduce trachoma
transmission, but there are no previous data on community-level herd protection thresholds …

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 …

1. Background 1.1 Trachoma results from infection with particular strains (1) of the bacterium
Chlamydia trachomatis, causing blindness in the world's poorest people (2). In 1996, a …

Background Trachoma is the commonest infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Efforts
are being made to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem globally. However, as …

Background The Global Trachoma Mapping Project (GTMP) was implemented with the aim
of completing the baseline map of trachoma globally. Over 2.6 million people were …

Background Trichiasis is present when one or more eyelashes touches the eye.
Uncorrected, it can cause blindness. Accurate estimates of numbers affected, and their …

1. Background 1.1 The Fifty-first World Health Assembly adopted resolution WHA51. 11 in
1998, which targets the global elimination of trachoma as a public health problem by 2020 …

Background As highly trachoma-endemic countries approach elimination, some districts will
have prevalences of trachomatous inflammation–follicular in 1–9-year-olds (TF1-9) of 5.0 …

Purpose: Following a first phase of trachoma mapping in Malawi with the Global Trachoma
Mapping Project, we identified and mapped trachoma districts previously suspected to be …