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

• Главные авторы: Oscar Debrah (Автор), Ernest O Mensah (Автор), Laura Senyonjo (Автор), Dziedzom K de Souza (Автор), Tei E Hervie (Автор), David Agyemang (Автор), Didier Bakajika (Автор), Benjamin Marfo (Автор), Felix Ahorsu (Автор), Seth Wanye (Автор), Robin Bailey (Автор), Joseph B Koroma (Автор), Agatha Aboe (Автор), Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: 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,...