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: | Daniel Etya’ale |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London
2008-09-01
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Series: | Community Eye Health Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.cehjournal.org/0953-6833/21/jceh_21_67_043.htm |
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