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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 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 “SAFE”, which represents: Surgery for individuals wi... 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’horizon 2020 (1). La stratégie recommandée pour atteindre cet objectif est récapitulée dans le sig... 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
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 increase in the number of surgeries performed, but also improvements in the quality of surgery and in the e... more
Trachoma, caused by particular serovars of Chlamydia trachomatis, is the leading infectious cause of blindness. Infection is transmitted within ocular and nasal secretions that are passed from person to person on fingers, fomites (such as clothing) and eye-seeking flies (particularly Musca sorbens)... more
These standard operating procedures are intended to be used when a Member State wishes to request validation of national elimination of trachoma as a public health problem following implementation of the SAFE strategy,1 which comprises: surgery for trachomatous trichiasis, antibiotics to clear infec... more
3ieme edition
Ce modèle vise à aider les administrateurs des programmes nationaux de lutte contre le trachome à préparer un dossier rassemblant les données factuelles à présenter à l’OMS pour solliciter la validation de l’élimination de cette maladie en tant que problème de santé publique. Ces in... more

TRACHOMA FACT SHEET

Christoffel Blinden Mission (CBM) Christoffel Blinden Mission (CBM) (2016)
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
Trachoma causes more vision loss and blindness than any other infection in the world. This disease is caused by Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria. Other variants or strains of these bacteria can cause a sexually transmitted infection (chlamydia) and disease in lymph nodes. This is photomicrograph ... more
3rd edition
Trachoma is one of the 17 WHO-defined Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) that affect over 1 billion of the world’s poorest and most marginalized people. It is caused by the bacterium chlamydia trachomatis.
Countries, partners, and donors are committed to the global elimination of blinding trachoma by 2020. Achieving this public health milestone requires more than funding; it requires health personnel with the right mix of skills, and well supported and managed health systems. Mass drug administratio... 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
Wiping out Trachoma from Nepal – How Nepal eliminated trachoma as a public health problem WHO - 2018
Weekly Epidemiological Record. This report summarizes application of the SAFE strategy against trachoma during 2023. It includes estimates of the global population at risk of trachoma blindness based on district-by-district data submitted to WHO by national programmes. Summarizing the epidemiologica... more
COMMUNITY EYE HEALTH JOURNAL | VOLUME 33 | NUMBER 110 | 2020