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Malaria indicator survey 2007, Ethiopia: coverage and use of major malaria prevention and control interventionsDaddi Jima
Diseases Prevention and Control Department, Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Malar J 9:58. 2010....- Malaria prevalence and mosquito net coverage in Oromia and SNNPR regions of EthiopiaEstifanos B Shargie
The Carter Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
BMC Public Health 8:321. 2008.... - The epidemiology of low vision and blindness associated with trichiasis in southern SudanJeremiah Ngondi
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
BMC Ophthalmol 7:12. 2007.... - Integrating an NTD with one of "The big three": combined malaria and trachoma survey in Amhara Region of EthiopiaPaul M Emerson
The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2:e197. 2008..4% of the population)... - The SAFE strategy for trachoma control: Using operational research for policy, planning and implementationPaul M Emerson
The Carter Center, Atlanta, GA 30306, USA
Bull World Health Organ 84:613-9. 2006..Operational research has become a part of practice. Although there are still many questions without answers, national programme coordinators have a reasonable expectation that trachoma control programmes based on SAFE will work... - Household pit latrines as a potential source of the fly Musca sorbens--a one year longitudinal study from The GambiaPaul M Emerson
School of Biological and Biomedical Science, University of Durham, Durham, UK
Trop Med Int Health 10:706-9. 2005..To assess whether the trachoma vector Musca sorbens was breeding in household latrines in a trachoma-endemic part of The Gambia... - Evaluation of three years of the SAFE strategy (Surgery, Antibiotics, Facial cleanliness and Environmental improvement) for trachoma control in five districts of Ethiopia hyperendemic for trachomaJeremiah Ngondi
The Carter Center, 1 Copenhill Avenue, Atlanta, GA, USA
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 103:1001-10. 2009..1%. Although there were substantial reductions in outcomes in children and adults, the presence of ocular Chlamydia and TF in children suggests ongoing transmission. Continued implementation of SAFE is warranted... - Risk factors for active trachoma in children and trichiasis in adults: a household survey in Amhara Regional State, EthiopiaJeremiah Ngondi
The Carter Center, 1 Copenhill Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 102:432-8. 2008..5; 95% CI 1.4-1.7), female gender (OR=4.5; 95% CI 3.5-5.8), increasing prevalence of active trachoma in children (Ptrend=0.003) and increasing altitude (Ptrend=0.015)... - Which nets are being used: factors associated with mosquito net use in Amhara, Oromia and Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Regions of EthiopiaJeremiah M Ngondi
The Carter Center, Atlanta, GA, USA
Malar J 10:92. 2011..This study aimed to investigate factors associated with net use at two time points, before and after mass distribution of nets... - Evaluation of light microscopy and rapid diagnostic test for the detection of malaria under operational field conditions: a household survey in EthiopiaTekola Endeshaw
The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Malar J 7:118. 2008..The concordance between RDTs and microscopy in low or unstable transmission areas has not been evaluated... - Individual, household and environmental risk factors for malaria infection in Amhara, Oromia and SNNP regions of EthiopiaPatricia M Graves
The Carter Center, 1 Copenhill, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 103:1211-20. 2009..10; 95% CI 1.03-1.18). People living above 2000 m and people of all ages are still at significant risk of malaria infection... - The excess burden of trachomatous trichiasis in women: a systematic review and meta-analysisElizabeth A Cromwell
The Carter Center, 1 Copenhill, 453 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 103:985-92. 2009..Women must be specifically and deliberately targeted for trichiasis surgery if the aim of eliminating blindness from trachoma is to be achieved... - Factors associated with mosquito net use by individuals in households owning nets in EthiopiaPatricia M Graves
The Carter Center, Atlanta, GA, USA
Malar J 10:354. 2011..It is important to understand individual level net use factors in the context of the home to modify programmes so as to maximize net use... - Household latrine use, maintenance and acceptability in rural Zinder, NigerMamadou O Diallo
The Carter Center Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30307, USA
Int J Environ Health Res 17:443-52. 2007..Future promotion projects may develop local sanitation expertise and focus on perceived benefits--proximity and privacy--rather than health... - Randomised trial of face-washing to develop a standard definition of a clean face for monitoring trachoma control programmesJonathan D King
The Carter Center, One Copenhill, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 105:7-16. 2011..This study suggests that the absence of ocular and dry nasal discharge can be used as an indicator of 'clean face', although it is not a good predictor of whether a face has been washed and is difficult to recommend... - The burden of trachoma in Ayod County of Southern SudanJonathan D King
The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2:e299. 2008..Recent surveys have shown trachoma to be a serious cause of blindness in Southern Sudan. We conducted this survey in Ayod County of Jonglei State to estimate the need for intervention activities to eliminate blinding trachoma... - Sustainability and acceptability of latrine provision in The GambiaVictoria M Simms
MRC Laboratories, P.O. Box 273, Banjul, The Gambia; Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 99:631-7. 2005.... - Risk factors for trachomatous trichiasis in children: cross-sectional household surveys in Southern SudanJeremiah Ngondi
The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 103:305-14. 2009.... - Follow-up of a low cost latrine promotion programme in one district of Amhara, Ethiopia: characteristics of early adopters and non-adoptersGashu Fentie
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Respiratory Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Trop Med Int Health 11:1406-15. 2006..CONCLUSION: The latrine promotion programme dramatically increased latrine access and use at very low cost. The method of community mobilization used could be an effective way of reaching millennium development sanitation targets... - Methods for estimating population coverage of mass distribution programmes: a review of practices in relation to trachoma controlElizabeth A Cromwell
The Carter Center, Atlanta, GA, USA
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 106:588-95. 2012..They merit use until standard guidelines are available. CRS methods should be used to verify population coverage derived from LQAS, purposive sampling methods and administrative reports... - Comparison of annual versus twice-yearly mass azithromycin treatment for hyperendemic trachoma in Ethiopia: a cluster-randomised trialTeshome Gebre
The Carter Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Lancet 379:143-51. 2012..We aimed to compare the effect of annual versus twice-yearly distribution of azithromycin on infection with these strains... - Incremental cost of conducting population-based prevalence surveys for a neglected tropical disease: the example of trachoma in 8 national programsChaoqun Chen
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 5:e979. 2011..An economic analysis was performed to estimate the cost of trachoma prevalence surveys conducted between 2006 and 2010 from 8 national trachoma control programs in Africa... - Integrating NTD mapping protocols: Can surveys for trachoma and urinary schistosomiasis be done simultaneously?Jonathan D King
The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia 30306, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 81:793-8. 2009..Integrating trachoma into SCH school-based surveys, and SCH into trachoma surveys, was quick and easy, but in this setting, school-based surveys were more useful for identifying communities where intervention is warranted... - Knowledge of malaria and its association with malaria-related behaviors--results from the Malaria Indicator Survey, Ethiopia, 2007Jimee Hwang
U S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
PLoS ONE 5:e11692. 2010.... - Reducing malaria by mosquito-proofing housesSteve W Lindsay
School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham, UK
Trends Parasitol 18:510-4. 2002..The literature reviewed here demonstrates the enormous potential of these methods to reduce malaria, in the hope that it will stimulate scientific debate and further research... - Intensive insecticide spraying for fly control after mass antibiotic treatment for trachoma in a hyperendemic setting: a randomised trialSheila K West
Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Lancet 368:596-600. 2006..We sought to determine whether insecticide spray intervention after mass antibiotic treatment could reduce trachoma and ocular infection with Chlamydia trachomatis in hyperendemic neighbourhoods in Tanzania... - Effect of 3 years of SAFE (surgery, antibiotics, facial cleanliness, and environmental change) strategy for trachoma control in southern Sudan: a cross-sectional studyJeremiah Ngondi
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, UK
Lancet 368:589-95. 2006..We did a 3-year evaluation to quantify uptake of SAFE (surgery, antibiotics, facial cleanliness, and environmental change) interventions, and to assess the prevalence of active trachoma and unclean faces... - Characteristics of latrine promotion participants and non-participants; inspection of latrines; and perceptions of household latrines in Northern GhanaAnn F Rodgers
Yale University, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA
Trop Med Int Health 12:772-82. 2007..To examine characteristics of household heads in two districts of Northern Ghana who had or had not participated in latrine promotion programmes; to inspect latrines; and to explore perceptions of latrine ownership... - Role of flies and provision of latrines in trachoma control: cluster-randomised controlled trialPaul M Emerson
Medical Research Council Laboratories, PO Box 273, Banjul, The Gambia
Lancet 363:1093-8. 2004..We aimed to assess the role of eye-seeking flies as vectors of trachoma and to test provision of simple pit latrines, without additional health education, as a sustainable method of fly control... - The Flies and Eyes project: design and methods of a cluster-randomised intervention study to confirm the importance of flies as trachoma vectors in The Gambia and to test a sustainable method of fly control using pit latrinesPaul M Emerson
Medical Research Council Laboratories, Banjul, The Gambia
Ophthalmic Epidemiol 9:105-17. 2002..The results will assist programme planners and country co-ordinators to make informed decisions on the environmental aspects of trachoma control... - Prevalence and causes of blindness and low vision in southern SudanJeremiah Ngondi
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
PLoS Med 3:e477. 2006..We aimed to estimate the prevalence of blindness and low vision, identify the main causes of blindness and low vision, and estimate targets for blindness prevention programs in Mankien payam (district), southern Sudan... - Blindness survey methods: response from Sudan study authorsJeremiah Ngondi
PLoS Med 4:e86. 2007 - Blinding trachoma in katsina state, Nigeria: population-based prevalence survey in ten local government areasNimzing F Jip
The Carter Center, Jos, Nigeria
Ophthalmic Epidemiol 15:294-302. 2008..To assess the prevalence of trachomatous inflammation follicular (TF) in children aged 1-9 years and trachomatous trichiasis (TT) in adults aged 15 years or more in Katsina State, Nigeria...