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

• Main Authors: Oscar Debrah (Author), Ernest O Mensah (Author), Laura Senyonjo (Author), Dziedzom K de Souza (Author), Tei E Hervie (Author), David Agyemang (Author), Didier Bakajika (Author), Benjamin Marfo (Author), Felix Ahorsu (Author), Seth Wanye (Author), Robin Bailey (Author), Joseph B Koroma (Author), Agatha Aboe (Author), Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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,...