Community-level trachoma ecological associations and the use of geospatial analysis methods: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Trachoma is targeted for global elimination as a public health problem by 2030. Understanding individual, household, or community-associated factors that may lead to continued transmission or risk of recrudescence in areas where elimination has previously been achieved, is essential in reaching and maintaining trachoma elimination. We aimed to identify climatic, demographic, environmental, infrastructural, and socioeconomic factors associated in the literature with trachoma at community-level and assess the strength of their association with trachoma. Because of the potential power of geospatial analysis to delineate the variables most strongly associated with differences in trachoma prevalence, we then looked in detail at geospatial analysis methods used in previous tra

SUBMITTER: Burgert-Brucker CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9020723 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature