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The elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in Mexico: From national health priority to national success story.

<h4>Introduction</h4>Mexico was the first country in the Americas and the third in the world to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem, as validated by the WHO in 2017.<h4>Objective</h4>To describe the critical elements that favored the elimination of trachoma as a pub...

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Main Authors:	Víctor Quesada-Cubo (Author), Dey Carol Damián-González (Author), Francisco Gibert Prado-Velasco (Author), Nadia Angélica Fernández-Santos (Author), Gustavo Sánchez-Tejeda (Author), Fabián Correa-Morales (Author), Hermilo Domínguez-Zárate (Author), Abel García-Orozco (Author), Martha Idalí Saboyá-Díaz (Author), María Jesús Sánchez-Martín (Author)
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Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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