Integrated Mapping of Yaws and Trachoma in the Five Northern-Most Provinces of Vanuatu.

• Main Authors: Fasihah Taleo (Author), Colin K Macleod (Author), Michael Marks (Author), Oliver Sokana (Author), Anna Last (Author), Rebecca Willis (Author), Mackline Garae (Author), Annie Bong (Author), Brian K Chu (Author), Paul Courtright (Author), Jacob Kool (Author), George Taleo (Author), Jean Jacque Rory (Author), Anthony W Solomon (Author), Global Trachoma Mapping Project (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Yaws and trachoma are targeted for eradication and elimination as public health problems. In trachoma-endemic populations mass administration of azithromycin can simultaneously treat yaws. We conducted a population-based prevalence survey in the five northernmost provinces of Vanuatu, where trachoma...