Impact of a School Trachoma Program Emphasizing Facial Cleanliness and Environmental Improvement in Amhara, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT: The SAFE (Surgery, Antibiotics, Facial cleanliness, Environmental improvement) strategy is the WHO's endorsed approach for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem; however, not all components have been treated equally. Historically, the F and E components have not been prioritized owing to their perceived complexity. With school enrollment increasing in Ethiopia, development of a national school health program that is focused on the F and E components represents an opportunity to strengthen the SAFE strategy in the country. In 2016, the Trachoma Control Program in Amhara, Ethiopia, along with its partners, developed a School Trachoma Program (STP) that offers grade-specific lessons to improve sanitation and hygiene knowledge and practices among primary school-aged children. To asse

SUBMITTER: Ebert CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11376114 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature