The Global Trachoma Mapping Project: Methodology of a 34-Country Population-Based Study

W. Solomon, Anthony; L. Pavluck, Alexandre; Courtright, Paul; Aboe, Agatha; Adamu, Liknaw; Alemayehu, Wondu; Alemu, Menbere; Alexander, Neâl; Bedri Kello, Amir; Bero, Berhanu; J. Brooker, Simon; Chu, Brian; Dejene, Michael; M. Emerson, Paul; M. Flueckiger, Rebecca; Gadisa, Solomon; Gass, Katherine; Gebre, Teshome; Habtamu, Zelalem; Harvey, Erik; Haslam, Dominic; D. King, Jonathan; Le Mesurier, Richard; Lewallen, Susan; M. Lietman, Thomas; MacArthur, Chad; Paolo Mariotti, Silvio; Massey, Anna; Mathieu, Els; Mekasha, Addis; Millar, Tom; Mpyet, Caleb; Muñoz, Beatriz; Ngondi, Jeremiah; Ogden, Stephanie; Pearce, Joseph; Sarah, Virginia; Sisay, Alemayehu; L. Smith, Jennifer; R. Taylor, Hugh; Thomson, Jo; K. West, Sheila; Willis, Rebecca; R. Bush, Simon; Haddad, Danny; Foster, Allen

doi:10.3109/09286586.2015.1037401

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The Global Trachoma Mapping Project: Methodology of a 34-Country Population-Based Study

Published in Ophthalmic Epidemiology • May 4, 2015

Authors:

Anthony W. Solomon

Alexandre L. Pavluck

Paul Courtright

Abstract

PURPOSE: To complete the baseline trachoma map worldwide by conducting population-based surveys in an estimated 1238 suspected endemic districts of 34 countries. METHODS: A series of national and sub-national projects owned, managed and staffed by ministries of health, conduct house-to-house cluster...

Subject

Trachoma

Trichiasis

Sanitation

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