Pilot study of the use of community volunteers to distribute azithromycin for trachoma control in Ghana

• Published in: Bulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 79; no. 1; pp. 8 - 14
• Main Authors: SOLOMON, Anthony W, AKUDIBILLAH, Joseph, ABUGRI, Peter, HAGAN, Maria, FOSTER, Allen, BAILEY, Robin L, MABEY, David C. W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Genève Organisation mondiale de la santé 2001; World Health Organization; The World Health Organization
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage; Antibacterial agents; Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents; Azithromycin; Azithromycin - administration & dosage; azithromycin/therapeutic use; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; community health aides/education; Community health care; Community health services; Community Health Services - manpower; Community Health Services - organization & administration; Community medicine; Drug dosages; Drug therapy; Female; Forms and Records Control; Ghana; Health aspects; Health Policy & Services; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Pilot Projects; Public participation; Sensitivity and Specificity; Trachoma; Trachoma - diagnosis; Trachoma - drug therapy; Volunteers - education; Ghana; Africa; Human; Ability; Azithromycin; Trachoma; Conjunctiva disease; Macrolide; Infection; Eye disease; Antibiotic; Chemotherapy; Treatment; Volunteering; Bacteriosis; Chlamydiosis; Health worker; Diagnosis; Antibacterial agent; Child; Formation; Public health; auxiliaire santé publique; tracoma; trachoma; community health aides; trachome; azitromicina; Ghana; azithromycin; azithromycine; auxiliares de salud comunitaria

To assess the skills of community health volunteers in diagnosing active trachoma and distributing azithromycin in the Northern Region of Ghana. Six community health volunteers from Daboya were trained to diagnose trachoma and to treat the disease using azithromycin. They were also informed of the d...