Progress Towards Elimination of Trachoma as a Public Health Problem in Eritrea: Results of a Systematic Review and Nine Population-based Prevalence Surveys Conducted in 2014
dc.contributor.author | Tesfazion, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Zecarias, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Zewengiel, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Willis, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Mebrahtu, G | |
dc.contributor.author | Capa, E | |
dc.contributor.author | Mpyet, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Al-Khatib, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Courtright, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Solomon, AW | |
dc.contributor.author | Aboe, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Adamu, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Al-Khatib, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Alemayehu, W | |
dc.contributor.author | Alemu, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Alexander, NDE | |
dc.contributor.author | Bakhtiari, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Bero, B | |
dc.contributor.author | Boisson, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Bovill, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Brooker, SJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Bush, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Chu, BK | |
dc.contributor.author | Courtright, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Dejene, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Emerson, PM | |
dc.contributor.author | Flueckiger, RM | |
dc.contributor.author | Foster, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Gadisa, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Gass, K | |
dc.contributor.author | Gebre, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Habtamu, Z | |
dc.contributor.author | Haddad, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Harvey, E | |
dc.contributor.author | Haslam, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Kalua, K | |
dc.contributor.author | Kello, AB | |
dc.contributor.author | King, JD | |
dc.contributor.author | Le Mesurier, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Lewallen, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Lietman, TM | |
dc.contributor.author | MacArthur, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Macleod, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Mariotti, SP | |
dc.contributor.author | Massae, PA | |
dc.contributor.author | Massey, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Mathieu, E | |
dc.contributor.author | McCullagh, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Mekasha, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Millar, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Mpyet, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Munoz, B | |
dc.contributor.author | Ngondi, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Ogden, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Pavluck, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Pearce, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Resnikoff, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Sarah, V | |
dc.contributor.author | Sarr, B | |
dc.contributor.author | Sisay, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Smith, JL | |
dc.contributor.author | Solomon, AW | |
dc.contributor.author | Thomson, J | |
dc.contributor.author | West, SK | |
dc.contributor.author | Willis, R | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-10T01:09:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-12-10T01:09:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-12-28 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Tesfazion, A., Zecarias, A., Zewengiel, S., Willis, R., Mebrahtu, G., Capa, E., Mpyet, C., Al-Khatib, T., Courtright, P., Solomon, A. W., Aboe, A., Adamu, L., Al-Khatib, T., Alemayehu, W., Alemu, M., Alexander, N. D. E., Bakhtiari, A., Bero, B., Boisson, S. ,... Willis, R. (2018). Progress Towards Elimination of Trachoma as a Public Health Problem in Eritrea: Results of a Systematic Review and Nine Population-based Prevalence Surveys Conducted in 2014. OPHTHALMIC EPIDEMIOLOGY, 25 (sup1), pp.121-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/09286586.2018.1545036. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0928-6586 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11343/253672 | |
dc.description.abstract | PURPOSE: To assess Eritrea's progress towards elimination of trachoma as a public health problem, we reviewed and compiled current knowledge on the distribution and burden of trachoma in Eritrea, then undertook further population-based surveys where indicated, with support from the Global Trachoma Mapping Project (GTMP). METHODS: For the systematic review, undertaken in March 2014, we searched (1) PubMed, using the terms ((blind* or trachoma or trichiasis) AND Eritrea); (2) the online database of rapid assessments of avoidable blindness; (3) our own grey literature collections; and (4) the Global Atlas of Trachoma database. In June and July 2014, we conducted nine population-based prevalence surveys, for each of which 30 villages were systematically selected with probability proportional to population size; in each village, 30 households were systematically selected. All consenting residents of selected households aged ≥1 year were examined by GTMP-certified graders for signs of trachoma. Data on household-level access to water and sanitation were also collected. RESULTS: One previous rapid assessment of avoidable blindness, three peer-reviewed publications, and two grey literature reports detailing sets of trachoma prevalence surveys conducted in 2006 and 2011, respectively, were located. Post-intervention impact surveys were needed in seven evaluation units (EUs, framed at sub-Zoba-level: population range 40,000-120,000) of Debub and Northern Red Sea, while baseline surveys were needed in two EUs of Anseba. Four of the seven impact survey EUs and both baseline survey EUs returned trachomatous inflammation-follicular prevalences in 1-9-year-olds of ≥5%; six of the seven impact survey EUs and one of the two baseline survey EUs returned trichiasis prevalences in ≥15-year-olds of ≥0.2%. The prevalence of access to water and sanitation varied widely between EUs. CONCLUSION: Interventions are still required in Eritrea to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem. Data from these surveys will guide the Ministry of Health to undertake programme planning using a sound evidence base. | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.publisher | TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC | |
dc.title | Progress Towards Elimination of Trachoma as a Public Health Problem in Eritrea: Results of a Systematic Review and Nine Population-based Prevalence Surveys Conducted in 2014 | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/09286586.2018.1545036 | |
melbourne.affiliation.department | Ophthalmology (Eye & Ear Hospital) | |
melbourne.source.title | Ophthalmic Epidemiology | |
melbourne.source.volume | 25 | |
melbourne.source.issue | sup1 | |
melbourne.source.pages | 121-130 | |
dc.rights.license | CC BY-NC-ND | |
melbourne.elementsid | 1365519 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1744-5086 | |
melbourne.accessrights | Open Access |