'Follow the cattle': a joint cross-border trachoma MDA perspective.
Int Health
; 15(Supplement_2): ii68-ii72, 2023 Dec 04.
Article
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| ID: mdl-38048373
Trachoma, a disease caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, is the leading infectious cause of blindness. To fight it, endemic East African countries adopted the World Health Organization's SAFE Strategy, targeting surgery, antibiotics through mass drug administration (MDA), facial cleanliness and environmental improvement. Trachoma persists among nomadic communities along the Kenya-Uganda and Kenya-Tanzania borders. To address this, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda launched synchronized MDA campaigns, simultaneously treating populations across borders. Successes included joint planning, community involvement and intergovernmental cooperation, although challenges remained in resourcing MDA cross-border focal points and in addressing coverage and funding. Novel strategies like synchronized joint cross-border MDA with community engagement are vital for sustainable trachoma elimination in these nomadic settings.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Tracoma
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int Health
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Uganda