Trachoma is an eye infection that affects an estimated 325 million people in Africa, Asia, and the Americas, and is the world’s leading cause of preventable blindness. Infection occurs most readily in children, causing itching, redness, and irritation in the eyes and eyelids, and infected ocular discharge. Repeated infections in childhood lead to the formation of scar tissue which culminates in the inversion of the eyelids and eyelashes in adulthood, and ultimately, blindness. Blindness from trachoma is preventable in every community in the world – right now. The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners have set 2020 as the target to eliminate blinding trachoma globally, and communities can do this individually by breaking the cycle of infection and re-infection.
BT - Community eye health C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23520428?dopt=Abstract
IS - 79-80 J2 - Community Eye Health LA - eng N2 -Trachoma is an eye infection that affects an estimated 325 million people in Africa, Asia, and the Americas, and is the world’s leading cause of preventable blindness. Infection occurs most readily in children, causing itching, redness, and irritation in the eyes and eyelids, and infected ocular discharge. Repeated infections in childhood lead to the formation of scar tissue which culminates in the inversion of the eyelids and eyelashes in adulthood, and ultimately, blindness. Blindness from trachoma is preventable in every community in the world – right now. The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners have set 2020 as the target to eliminate blinding trachoma globally, and communities can do this individually by breaking the cycle of infection and re-infection.
PY - 2012 SP - 80 EP - 1 T2 - Community eye health TI - How communities can control trachoma without a big budget. UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3588130/pdf/jceh_25_79-80_080.pdf VL - 25 SN - 0953-6833 ER -