Background Trachoma is targeted for global elimination as a public health problem by 2030.
Understanding individual, household, or community-associated factors that may lead to …

Trachoma control in the Amhara region of Ethiopia, where all districts were once endemic,
began in 2001 and attained full scale-up of the Surgery, Antibiotics, Facial cleanliness, and …

Background Trachoma, the leading infectious cause of blindness, is caused by the
bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct). Despite enormous disease control efforts and …

This paper explores the application of machine learning to enhance our understanding of
water accessibility issues in underserved communities called colonias located along the …

Background. Trachoma is a neglected tropical disease which is the leading infectious cause
of blindness in the world. Trachoma is one of the major health problems in Tigray Region …

Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide and is now largely
confined to around 40 low-and middle-income countries. It is caused by Chlamydia …

Musca sorbens (Diptera: Muscidae) flies are thought to be vectors of the blinding eye
disease trachoma, carrying the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) between the eyes of …

Although trachoma mass drug administration (MDA) programs target ocular Chlamydia
trachomatis, the global trachoma control program does not monitor infection as a measure of …

Subsequent to the failure of the World Health Organisation (WHO) of achieving their target to
eliminate trachoma by the year 2020, the most effective strategy in eliminating trachoma …

The SAFE (Surgery, Antibiotics, Facial cleanliness, Environmental improvement) strategy is
the WHO's endorsed approach for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem; …