Integrated Mapping of Yaws and Trachoma in the Five Northern-Most Provinces of Vanuatu

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 11; no. 1; p. e0005267
• Main Authors: Taleo, Fasihah, Macleod, Colin K, Marks, Michael, Sokana, Oliver, Last, Anna, Willis, Rebecca, Garae, Mackline, Bong, Annie, Chu, Brian K, Courtright, Paul, Kool, Jacob, Taleo, George, Rory, Jean Jacque, Solomon, Anthony W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 24.01.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Agreements; Analysis; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Azithromycin; Biology and Life Sciences; Care and treatment; Child; Child, Preschool; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dosage and administration; Family Characteristics; Female; Funding; Humans; Infant; Inflammation; Logistic Models; Logistics; Male; Management; Medical research; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; People and Places; Public health; Risk Factors; Surveys and Questionnaires; Task forces; Trachoma; Trachoma - drug therapy; Trachoma - epidemiology; Tropical diseases; Vanuatu - epidemiology; Working groups; Yaws - drug therapy; Yaws - epidemiology; Young Adult; Vanuatu

Yaws and trachoma are targeted for eradication and elimination as public health problems. In trachoma-endemic populations mass administration of azithromycin can simultaneously treat yaws. We conducted a population-based prevalence survey in the five northernmost provinces of Vanuatu, where trachoma...