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. 2018;31(103):73.

Celebrating 20 years of progress: accelerating towards elimination

Virginia Sarah  1 , Aparna Barua Adams  2 , Tim Jesudason  3
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Celebrating 20 years of progress: accelerating towards elimination

Virginia Sarah et al. Community Eye Health. 2018.
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References

    1. www.who.int/blindness/causes/WHA51.11/en/
    1. World Health Organization's Weekly Epidemiological Record published 29 June 2018, www.who.int/wer/2018/wer9326/en/
    1. The updated WHO Alliance GET2020 epidemiological data sheet as of 17 April 2018: www.trachomacoalition.org/sites/default/files/content/resources/files/GE...
    1. WHO Alliance for GET2020, Eliminating Trachoma: Accelerating Towards 2020, www.who.int/trachoma/news/News_Trachoma_Towards_2020/en/

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