Burden of trachoma in five counties of Eastern Equatoria state, South Sudan: Results from population-based surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In order to decrease the prevalence of trachoma within the country, the Republic of South Sudan has implemented components of the SAFE strategy in various counties since 2001. Five counties in Eastern Equatoria state were surveyed in order to monitor progress of programmatic interventions and determine if additional rounds of Mass Drug Administration with azithromycin were needed.

Methodology/ principal findings

Five counties (Budi, Lafon, Kapoeta East, Kapoeta South and Kapoeta North) were surveyed from April to October 2015. A cross-sectional, multi-stage, cluster-random sampling was used. All present, consenting residents of selected households were examined for all clinical signs of trachoma using the World Health Organization (WHO) simplified grading system.

SUBMITTER: Sanders AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5484542 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature