Onchocerciasis and trachoma control: what has changed in the past two decades?
Trachoma and onchocerciasis are the two major infectious causes of blindness worldwide. Twenty years ago, the possibility of achieving worldwide and long-term control of these ancient scourges seemed remote and existing control programmes were deemed to have limited prospects. The picture is very di...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London
2008-09-01
|
| Series: | Community Eye Health Journal |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.cehjournal.org/0953-6833/21/jceh_21_67_043.htm |
| Summary: | Trachoma and onchocerciasis are the two major infectious causes of blindness worldwide. Twenty years ago, the possibility of achieving worldwide and long-term control of these ancient scourges seemed remote and existing control programmes were deemed to have limited prospects. The picture is very different today: large-scale interventions to control both diseases are not only expanding, but control and even elimination are now being discussed as real achievable goals in a growing number of countries. As we will show in this mainly programmatic review, this is a remarkable achievement over only two decades! |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 0953-6833 |