Effect of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene on the Prevention of Trachoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

E. Stocks, Meredith; Ogden, Stephanie; Haddad, Danny; G. Addiss, David; McGuire, Courtney; C. Freeman, Matthew

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001605

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Effect of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene on the Prevention of Trachoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Published in PLoS Medicine • Feb 25, 2014

Authors:

Meredith E. Stocks

Stephanie Ogden

Danny Haddad

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Trachoma is the world's leading cause of infectious blindness. The World Health Organization (WHO) has endorsed the SAFE strategy in order to eliminate blindness due to trachoma by 2020 through "surgery," "antibiotics," "facial cleanliness," and "environmental improvement." While the S a...

Subject

Trachoma

Sanitation

Hygiene

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