What will happen if we do nothing to control trachoma: health expectancies for blinding trachoma in southern Sudan.

• Main Authors: Jeremiah M Ngondi (Author), Fiona E Matthews (Author), Mark H Reacher (Author), Jonathan King (Author), Carol Brayne (Author), Hebe Gouda (Author), Paul M Emerson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Uncontrolled trachoma is a leading cause of blindness. Current global trachoma burden summary measures are presented as disability adjusted life years but have limitations due to inconsistent methods and inadequate population-based data on trachomatous low vision and blindness. We aimed to describe...