The "F" in SAFE: Reliability of assessing clean faces for trachoma control in the field.

• Main Authors: Sheila K West (Author), Derick Ansah (Author), Beatriz Munoz (Author), Nicodemus Funga (Author), Harran Mkocha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Although facial cleanliness is part of the SAFE strategy for trachoma there is controversy over the reliability of measuring a clean face. A child's face with no ocular and nasal discharge is clean and the endpoint of interest, regardless of the number of times it must be washed to achieve that...