World Health Organization Publication : Year 1981 ; Issue 9241541571: Guide to Trachoma Control

By C. R. Dawson

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Title:	World Health Organization Publication : Year 1981 ; Issue 9241541571: Guide to Trachoma Control
Author:	C. R. Dawson
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Description
Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
Trachoma is estimated to affect approximately 500 million people, most of them in rural communities of the developing world, especially the arid areas of the tropical and subtropical zones. There are at least 2 million blind from trachoma, and a much larger number has suffered partial loss of vision. In many communities with endemic trachoma, avoidable blindness and partial visual loss caused by infections, malnutrition and cataract impose severe constraints on economic and social development. Trachoma can be controlled, and the ensuing harvest of blindness and visual loss prevented by the appropriate application of relatively simple and inexpensive measures. It is therefore a matter of urgency that communities with uncontrolled blinding trachoma should be identified so that appropriate control measures can be implemented. Such communities are likely to be found in countries with blindness rates that are above the range of 0.5-1 %, and especially where more than 1-2 /, of the population are blind from all causes.

Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1 . Definition of trachoma and related infections . . . . . . . . . 9 2. Clinical aspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3. Epidemiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 4 . Organization of trachoma control programmes . . . . . . . . 25 4.1 Sampling methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 4.2 Examination procedures under field conditions . . . . . 31 4.3 Recording of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 5. Therapeutic strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 5.1 Medical treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 5.2 Surgical treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 6. Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 7. Health education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 8. Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 References and bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55