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The World Health Organization (WHO) endorses the use of population-based prevalence surveys for estimating the prevalence of trachoma. In general, the prevalence of TF in children aged 1–9 years and the prevalence of TT in adults aged ≥ 15 years are measured at the same time in any district bein ... more
The Fifty-first World Health Assembly adopted resolution WHA51.11 in 1998, which targets the global elimination of trachoma as a public health problem by 2020 (1). The strategy recommended to achieve that goal is encapsulated by the acronym “SAF ... more
Since the launch of the 2012–2020 World Health Organization (WHO) road map for the control, elim-ination and eradication of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) (1), considerable progress against NTDs has been made. Between 2010 and 2020, the number of people requiring interventions against NTDs glo ... more
A key component of elimination is to reduce the number of unmanaged trachomatous trichiasis cases to less than 1 per 1,000 population in affected areas. This will require not only a large increas ... more
At present at least 2.2 billion people around the world have a vision impairment, of whom at least 1 billion have a vision impairment that could have been prevented or is yet to be addressed. The wo ... more
Terceira Edição. A terceira edição do manual sobre intervenção de rotação tarsal bilamelar para o tratamento do entrópio devido à triquíase tracomatosa, publicado pela Organização Mund ... more
Surveys are needed to guide trachoma control efforts in Mozambique, with WHO guidelines for intervention based on the prevalence of trachomatous inflammation–follicular (TF) in children aged 1–9 years and the prevalence of trichiasis in adults aged 15 years and above. We conducted surveys to com ... more
ICTC’s 2022-2030 strategic plan spans the critical period running to the end of 2030, the year by which we are striving to achieve the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem. This strategic plan is in alignment with the NTD road map, E ... more
Since 1996, trachoma has been targeted for elimination as a public health problem worldwide. The active trachoma criterion for national elimination as a public health problem is ... more
En 1998, la Cinquante-et-Unième Assemblée mondiale de la Santé a adopté la résolution WHA51.11 qui vise l’élimination mondiale du trachome en tant que problème de santé publique à l’h ... more
La quincuagésima primera Asamblea de la Salud Mundial aprobó la resolución WHA51.11 en 1998, que busca la eliminación mundial del tracoma como problema de salud pública para el 2020 (1). La estrategia recomendada para lograr ese objetivo está encapsulada por las siglas "SAFE", que represent ... more
Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. In April 2023, it was a public health problem in approximately 40 countries, with an estimated 116 million people at risk and 1.5 million people affected by the late blinding stage o ... more
The World Health Organization (WHO) endorses the use of population-based prevalence surveys for estimating the prevalence of trachoma. In general, the prevalence of TF in children aged 1–9 years and the prevalence of TT in adults aged ≥ 15 years are measured at the same time in any district bein ... more
The second edition of the Women and Trachoma: Achieving Gender Equity in the Implementation of SAFE manual provides an updated resource for realistically increasing, improving, and supporting gender representation within trachoma elimination efforts at all levels. From the trachoma workforce to the ... more
Assurer l’égalité des genres dans l’application de la stratégie CHANCE
3rd edition
Twenty-Fourth Annual Trachoma Control Program Review, Summary Proceedings
The handbook includes evidence-based mental health interventions, drawn from the WHO mhGAP guidelines for mental, neurological, and substance use disorders (3), particularly those listed in the UHC Compendium. Evidencebased interventions to reduce population health-related stigma and discriminatio ... more
Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness (2). It is characterized by repeated conjunctival infection with particular strains of Chlamydia trachomatis. This scars the conjunctivae and, in some cases, leads to trichiasis with or without entropion. The abrasive action of eyelashes can d ... more
3ieme edition