Optimizing trichiasis case finding to attain the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem

• Published in: Tropical medicine and infectious disease Vol. 9; no. 7; pp. 1 - 8
• Main Authors: Shu'aibu, Joy, Ajege, Grace, Mpyet, Caleb, Dejene, Michael, Isiyaku, Sunday, Tafida, Abubakar, Kelly, Michaela, Emereuwa, Innocent, Courtright, Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI 01.07.2024; MDPI AG
• Subjects: Attitudes; Blind; case finding; Case management; Cataracts; Causes and theories of causation; Data entry; Diseases; gender; Local government; Nigeria; Patients; Prevention; Public health; Surgery; Tetracycline; Tetracyclines; Trachoma; trachomatous trichiasis; Visual acuity; Visual impairment; Nigeria; trachomatous trichiasis; case finding; gender; Nigeria

Background: As national trachoma programmes increase efforts to reduce the burden of trachomatous trichiasis (TT), TT case finding and referral are critical public health programme components. Our research aimed to explore the most effective and efficient approaches to finding, referring, and managi...