Assessment of a Novel Approach to Identify Trichiasis Cases Using Community Treatment Assistants in Tanzania.

• Glavni autori: Gregory S Greene (Autor), Sheila K West (Autor), Harran Mkocha (Autor), Beatriz Munoz (Autor), Shannath L Merbs (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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BACKGROUND:Simple surgical intervention advocated by the World Health Organization can alleviate trachomatous trichiasis (TT) and prevent subsequent blindness. A large backlog of TT cases remain unidentified and untreated. To increase identification and referral of TT cases, a novel approach using s...