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Elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in Ghana: Providing evidence through a pre-validation survey
BACKGROUND: In order to achieve elimination of trachoma, a country needs to demonstrate that the elimination prevalence thresholds have been achieved and then sustained for at least a two-year period. Ghana achieved the thresholds in 2008, and since 2011 has been implementing its trachoma surveillan...
Autores principales: | Debrah, Oscar, Mensah, Ernest O., Senyonjo, Laura, de Souza, Dziedzom K., Hervie, Tei E., Agyemang, David, Bakajika, Didier, Marfo, Benjamin, Ahorsu, Felix, Wanye, Seth, Bailey, Robin, Koroma, Joseph B., Aboe, Agatha, Biritwum, Nana-Kwadwo |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5746280/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29232708 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006099 |
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