Trachoma control as a vehicle toward international development and achievement of the millennium development goals

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003137

. 2014 Sep 18;8(9):e3137.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003137. eCollection 2014 Sep.

Trachoma control as a vehicle toward international development and achievement of the millennium development goals

Kelly Callahan¹, Yasmin P Ogale¹, Stephanie L Palmer¹, Paul M Emerson², Donald R Hopkins¹, P Craig Withers Jr¹, Jeremiah M Ngondi³

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¹ The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
² The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America; International Trachoma Initiative, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
³ The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America; Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; RTI International, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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PMCID: PMC4169372
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003137

Trachoma control as a vehicle toward international development and achievement of the millennium development goals

Kelly Callahan et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014.

. 2014 Sep 18;8(9):e3137.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003137. eCollection 2014 Sep.

Authors

Kelly Callahan¹, Yasmin P Ogale¹, Stephanie L Palmer¹, Paul M Emerson², Donald R Hopkins¹, P Craig Withers Jr¹, Jeremiah M Ngondi³

Affiliations

¹ The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
² The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America; International Trachoma Initiative, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
³ The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America; Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; RTI International, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

PMID: 25232728
PMCID: PMC4169372
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003137

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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[1] Mariotti SP (2012) Global WHO Alliance for the Elimination of Blinding Trachoma by 2020. Wkly Epidemiol Rec 87: 161–168. - PubMed

[2] Mariotti SP (2012) Global WHO Alliance for the Elimination of Blinding Trachoma by 2020. Wkly Epidemiol Rec 87: 161–168. - PubMed

[3] International Trachoma Initiative (2012) The world's leading cause of preventable blindness. Available: http://trachoma.org/worlds-leading-cause-preventable-blindness. Accessed 20 February 2014.

[4] International Trachoma Initiative (2012) The world's leading cause of preventable blindness. Available: http://trachoma.org/worlds-leading-cause-preventable-blindness. Accessed 20 February 2014.

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[6] Wright HR, Turner A, Taylor HR (2007) Trachoma and poverty: unnecessary blindness further disadvantages the poorest people in the poorest countries. Clin Exp Optom 90: 422–428 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2007.00218.x - DOI - PubMed

[7] Frick KD, Basilion EV, Hanson CL, Colchero MA (2003) Estimating the burden and economic impact of trachomatous visual loss. Ophthalmic Epidemiol 10: 121–132. - PubMed

[8] Frick KD, Basilion EV, Hanson CL, Colchero MA (2003) Estimating the burden and economic impact of trachomatous visual loss. Ophthalmic Epidemiol 10: 121–132. - PubMed

[9] Cromwell EA, Emerson PM, Courtright P (2009) Women and trachoma: achieving gender equity in the implementation of SAFE. Available: http://www.cartercenter.org/resources/pdfs/health/trachoma/women_trachom.... Accessed 20 February 2014.

[10] Cromwell EA, Emerson PM, Courtright P (2009) Women and trachoma: achieving gender equity in the implementation of SAFE. Available: http://www.cartercenter.org/resources/pdfs/health/trachoma/women_trachom.... Accessed 20 February 2014.

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