Incremental cost of conducting population-based prevalence surveys for a neglected tropical disease: the example of trachoma in 8 national programs.

• Main Authors: Chaoqun Chen (Author), Elizabeth A Cromwell (Author), Jonathan D King (Author), Aryc Mosher (Author), Emma M Harding-Esch (Author), Jeremiah M Ngondi (Author), Paul M Emerson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Trachoma prevalence surveys provide the evidence base for district and community-wide implementation of the SAFE strategy, and are used to evaluate the impact of trachoma control interventions. An economic analysis was performed to estimate the cost of trachoma prevalence surveys conducted between 2...