One Size Does Not Fit All: Achieving Trachoma Control by 2030

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Editorial

Catherine E Oldenburg. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 Dec.

. 2019 Dec;101(6):1189-1190.

doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0684.

¹ Francis I Proctor Foundation Department of Ophthalmology and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California.

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Comment on

Progress to Eliminate Trachoma as a Public Health Problem in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia: Results of 152 Population-Based Surveys.
Stewart AEP, Zerihun M, Gessese D, Melak B, Sata E, Nute AW, Astale T, Endeshaw T, Teferi T, Tadesse Z, Callahan EK, Chanyalew M, Gaudie B, Emerson PM, King JD, Nash SD. Stewart AEP, et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 Dec;101(6):1286-1295. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0450. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019. PMID: 31549612 Free PMC article.
Progress toward Elimination of Trachoma as a Public Health Problem in Seven Localities in the Republic of Sudan: Results from Population-Based Surveys.
Sanders AM, Abdalla Z, Elshafie BE, Elsanosi M, Nute AW, Aziz N, Callahan EK, Nash SD. Sanders AM, et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 Dec;101(6):1296-1302. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0530. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019. PMID: 31595874 Free PMC article.

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