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

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...

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Main Authors: Chaoqun Chen, Elizabeth A Cromwell, Jonathan D King, Aryc Mosher, Emma M Harding-Esch, Jeremiah M Ngondi, Paul M Emerson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-03-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3050919?pdf=render