Elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in Ghana: Providing evidence through a pre-validation survey.

• Autores principales: Oscar Debrah (Autor), Ernest O Mensah (Autor), Laura Senyonjo (Autor), Dziedzom K de Souza (Autor), Tei E Hervie (Autor), David Agyemang (Autor), Didier Bakajika (Autor), Benjamin Marfo (Autor), Felix Ahorsu (Autor), Seth Wanye (Autor), Robin Bailey (Autor), Joseph B Koroma (Autor), Agatha Aboe (Autor), Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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In order to achieve elimination of trachoma, a country needs to demonstrate that the elimination prevalence thresholds have been achieved and then sustained for at least a two-year period. Ghana achieved the thresholds in 2008, and since 2011 has been implementing its trachoma surveillance strategy,...