The global burden of trichiasis in 2016

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 13; no. 11; p. e0007835
• Main Authors: Flueckiger, Rebecca M, Courtright, Paul, Abdala, Mariamo, Abdou, Amza, Abdulnafea, Zaid, Al-Khatib, Tawfik K, Amer, Khaled, Amiel, Olga Nelson, Awoussi, Sossinou, Bakhtiari, Ana, Batcho, Wilfried, Bella, Assumpta Lucienne, Bennawi, Kamal Hashim, Brooker, Simon J, Chu, Brian K, Dejene, Michael, Dezoumbe, Djore, Elshafie, Balgesa Elkheir, Elvis, Aba Ange, Fabrice, Djouma Nembot, Omar, Fatma Juma, François, Missamou, François, Drabo, Garap, Jambi, Gichangi, Michael, Goepogui, André, Hammou, Jaouad, Kadri, Boubacar, Kabona, George, Kabore, Martin, Kalua, Khumbo, Kamugisha, Mathias, Kebede, Biruck, Keita, Kaba, Khan, Asad Aslam, Kiflu, Genet, Yibi, Makoy, Mackline, Garae, Macleod, Colin, Manangazira, Portia, Masika, Michael P, Massangaie, Marilia, Mduluza, Takafira, Meno, Nabicassa, Midzi, Nicholas, Minnih, Abdallahi Ould, Mishra, Sailesh, Mpyet, Caleb, Muraguri, Nicholas, Mwingira, Upendo, Nassirou, Beido, Ndjemba, Jean, Nieba, Cece, Ngondi, Jeremiah, Olobio, Nicholas, Pavluck, Alex, Phiri, Isaac, Pullan, Rachel, Qureshi, Babar, Sarr, Boubacar, Seiha, Do, Chávez, Gloria Marina Serrano, Sharma, Shekhar, Sisaleumsak, Siphetthavong, Southisombath, Khamphoua, Stevens, Gretchen, Woldendrias, Andeberhan Tesfazion, Traoré, Lamine, Turyaguma, Patrick, Willis, Rebecca, Yaya, Georges, Yeo, Souleymane, Zambroni, Francisco, Zhao, Jialiang, Solomon, Anthony W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.11.2019; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adults; Age; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biology and Life Sciences; Blindness; Child welfare; Computer and Information Sciences; Confidence intervals; Corrections; Countries; Data; Disease control; Disease prevention; Earth Sciences; Epidemiology; Estimates; Female; Geographical distribution; Global Health; Humans; Hygiene; Male; Management services; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Population; Prevalence; Public health; Research and Analysis Methods; Resource allocation; Sex; Social Sciences; Task forces; Trachoma; Trichiasis - epidemiology; Tropical diseases; Young Adult; Nigeria; Mali; Ethiopia; Atlanta Georgia; United Kingdom > UK; United States > US; Niger; Tanzania; Sudan; Kenya; Addis Ababa Ethiopia; Mozambique; Burkina Faso; Malawi; Guatemala; Zimbabwe; Nepal

Trichiasis is present when one or more eyelashes touches the eye. Uncorrected, it can cause blindness. Accurate estimates of numbers affected, and their geographical distribution, help guide resource allocation. We obtained district-level trichiasis prevalence estimates in adults for 44 endemic and...