Cross-Sectional Surveys of the Prevalence of Follicular Trachoma and Trichiasis in The Gambia: Has Elimination Been Reached?

• Main Authors: Sarah E Burr (Author), Ansumana Sillah (Author), Anselme S Sanou (Author), Anita C Wadagni (Author), John Hart (Author), Emma M Harding-Esch (Author), Sarjo Kanyi (Author), Robin L Bailey (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:The Gambia's National Eye Health Programme has made a concerted effort to reduce the prevalence of trachoma. The present study had two objectives. The first was to conduct surveillance following mass drug administrations to determine whether The Gambia has reached the World Health Or...