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...
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doaj-c588f16416284259b8a4dabd5519e4552020-11-25T02:18:29ZengInternational Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), LondonCommunity Eye Health Journal0953-68332008-09-0121674345Onchocerciasis and trachoma control: what has changed in the past two decades?Daniel Etya’aleTrachoma 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!http://www.cehjournal.org/0953-6833/21/jceh_21_67_043.htmOnchocerciasisTrachomaBlindnessPrevention and ControlProgramme Evaluation |
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Onchocerciasis and trachoma control: what has changed in the past two decades? |
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International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London |
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Community Eye Health Journal |
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0953-6833 |
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2008-09-01 |
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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! |
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Onchocerciasis Trachoma Blindness Prevention and Control Programme Evaluation |
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