01103nas a2200181   4500000000100000008004100001653001300042653001800055653001300073100001300086700001600099700001200115245005900127856006100186490000700247520065300254022001400907       2010                            d10aTrachoma10aSAFE Strategy10aEthiopia1 aRoba A A1 aZondervan M1 aPatel D00aTrachoma visual impairment in a SAFE area in Ethiopia.  uhttp://tdo.sagepub.com/lookup/doi/10.1258/td.2010.0903900 v403 a<p>A cross-sectional survey of visual impairment (VI) was undertaken in the Enemor district in Southern Ethiopian where five years of trachoma control programme has been implemented using the SAFE (Surgery, Antibiotics, Face washing, Environmental hygiene) strategy. The prevalence of VI (presenting visual acuity in the better eye &lt; 6/18) in 451 people above 40 years of age was 22% (CI: 17.6 to 27.6) and most of it was accounted for by cataract (67%) and trachoma (13%). Whereas cataract remains a prominent cause, contribution of trachoma among leading causes of VI is declining in communities where SAFE strategy has been implemented.</p>
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