Back to Search
Start Over
Prevalence of trachoma in four marakez of Elmenia and Bani Suef Governorates, Egypt.
- Source :
-
Ophthalmic Epidemiology . 2018Supplement, Vol. 25, p70-78. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
-
Abstract
- Purpose: In 2015, to determine where interventions are needed to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem from Egypt, we initiated population-based prevalence surveys using the Global Trachoma Mapping Project platform in four suspected-endemic marakez (districts; singular: markaz) of the governorates of Elmenia and Bani Suef. Methods: In each markaz, 30 households were selected in each of 25 villages. Certified graders examined a total of 3682 children aged 1-9 years in 2993 households, noting the presence or absence of trachomatous inflammation—follicular (TF) and trachomatous inflammation—intense (TI) in each eye. A total of 5582 adults aged ≥15 years living in the same households were examined for trachomatous trichiasis (TT). Household-level access to water and sanitation was recorded. Results: Three of four marakez had age-adjusted TF prevalence estimates in 1-9-year olds of >10%; the other markaz had a TF prevalence estimate of 5-9.9%. Estimates of the age- and gender-adjusted prevalence of unmanaged TT in adults ranged from 0.7% to 2.3%. Household-level access to water and sanitation was high. (We did not, however, measure use of water or sanitation facilities.) Conclusions: Each of the four marakez surveyed has trachoma as a public health problem, with a need for implementation of the SAFE (surgery, antibiotics, facial cleanliness, environmental improvement) strategy. Further mapping is also required to determine the need for interventions in other areas of Egypt. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *TRACHOMA
*EYE diseases
*EPIDEMIOLOGY
*PUBLIC health
*DISEASE mapping
*SOCIAL history
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09286586
- Volume :
- 25
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Ophthalmic Epidemiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 134137275
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09286586.2018.1446536