In May 2022, Togo was validated by the WHO for a significant milestone: its elimination of trachoma as a public health problem. What can we learn from… Read more »
Another good news story: a recent article in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases outlines the journey taken by The Gambia to reach the point where the… Read more »
In today's economic climate there is an urgent need for economic tools and methodologies to adequately evaluate and demonstrate to… Read more »
In a recent study by Mtuy et al 2021, researchers assessed the use of Photovoice as a community engagement tool by putting Maasai… Read more »
Yesterday the World Health Organization launched a new road map to prevent, control, eliminate and eradicate a set of 20 diseases,… Read more »
Researchers from the UK and Senegal assessed the reliability of facial cleanliness indicators used to measure a key component of… Read more »
In this study in Tanzania researchers evaluated a novel rapid diagnostic test for the detection of trachoma in near-elimination… Read more »
With elimination of trachoma as a public health problem targeted for 2020, it is timely to reflect on the progress made so far and… Read more »
The transmission routes of trachoma, a blinding eye disease, are still not fully understood. Some evidence points towards… Read more »
On the northern shores of Lake Victoria, Uganda, communities are blighted by schistosomiasis despite 10 years of on-going… Read more »
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