Manuals, guidelines and toolkits to support the elimination of blinding trachoma

The year 2020 is the target date for the elimination of blinding trachoma as a public health problem. There has been great progress, and there is unprecedented funding available – particularly from DFID, the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, and USAID. There is also reason for optimism that, ov...

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Main Authors: Paul Courtright, Chad MacArthur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London 2016-01-01
Series:Community Eye Health Journal
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Online Access:http://www.cehjournal.org/article/manuals-guidelines-and-toolkits-to-support-the-elimination-of-blinding-trachoma/
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spelling doaj-fa58f8d24e77456c868773a553acc8022020-11-25T01:37:43ZengInternational Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), LondonCommunity Eye Health Journal0953-68331993-72882016-01-01289158Manuals, guidelines and toolkits to support the elimination of blinding trachomaPaul Courtright 0Chad MacArthur1Director: Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology, Cape Town, South Africa. Email: pcourtright@kcco.net President: MacArthur/Tapert Global Health Consulting, South Harpswell,Maine, USA.The year 2020 is the target date for the elimination of blinding trachoma as a public health problem. There has been great progress, and there is unprecedented funding available – particularly from DFID, the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, and USAID. There is also reason for optimism that, over the next five years, further success will be seen in many endemic countries.http://www.cehjournal.org/article/manuals-guidelines-and-toolkits-to-support-the-elimination-of-blinding-trachoma/Human resources and trainingTrachomaTraining materials
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Manuals, guidelines and toolkits to support the elimination of blinding trachoma
Community Eye Health Journal
Human resources and training
Trachoma
Training materials
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Chad MacArthur
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title Manuals, guidelines and toolkits to support the elimination of blinding trachoma
title_short Manuals, guidelines and toolkits to support the elimination of blinding trachoma
title_full Manuals, guidelines and toolkits to support the elimination of blinding trachoma
title_fullStr Manuals, guidelines and toolkits to support the elimination of blinding trachoma
title_full_unstemmed Manuals, guidelines and toolkits to support the elimination of blinding trachoma
title_sort manuals, guidelines and toolkits to support the elimination of blinding trachoma
publisher International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London
series Community Eye Health Journal
issn 0953-6833
1993-7288
publishDate 2016-01-01
description The year 2020 is the target date for the elimination of blinding trachoma as a public health problem. There has been great progress, and there is unprecedented funding available – particularly from DFID, the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust, and USAID. There is also reason for optimism that, over the next five years, further success will be seen in many endemic countries.
topic Human resources and training
Trachoma
Training materials
url http://www.cehjournal.org/article/manuals-guidelines-and-toolkits-to-support-the-elimination-of-blinding-trachoma/
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