WHO Collaborating Centre Trachoma Information Service

The  University of Cape Town’s Division of Ophthalmology was designated as the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Trachoma in 2015. As KCCO is based in this division, we together with a team of experts, invite authors of scientific articles on trachoma to share summaries of their articles that may have programmatic relevance to practitioners in the field.

A repository of the summaries, organized according to the SAFE strategy, is available below. To be added to the distribution list to receive future summaries, please email admin@kcco.net with a request.

SURGERY

  1. Epilation for Minor Trachomatous Trichiasis: Four-Year Results of a Randomised Controlled Trial
  2. Pathogenesis of Progressive Scarring Trachoma in Ethiopia and Tanzania and its Implications for Disease Control: Two Cohort Studies
  3. A Community‑based Eye Care Intervention in Southern Egypt: Impact on Trachomatous Trichiasis Surgical Coverage
  4. Posterior versus bilamellar tarsal rotation surgery for trachomatous trichiasis in Ethiopia: a randomised controlled trial
  5. Identifying Patient Perceived Barriers to Trichiasis Surgery in Kongwa District, Tanzania
  6. Predictors of Trachomatous Trichiasis Surgery Outcome
  7. Pre-Operative Trichiatic Eyelash Pattern Predicts Post-Operative Trachomatous Trichiasis.
  8. Optimising age adjustment of trichiasis prevalence estimates using data from 162 standardised surveys from seven regions of Ethiopia

ANTIBIOTICS

  1. Relationship between Community Drug Administration Strategy and Changes in Trachoma Prevalence, 2007 to 2013.
  2. A Cluster-Randomized Trial to Assess the Efficacy of Targeting Trachoma Treatment to Children
  3. Prevalence of Active and Latent Yaws in the Solomon Islands 18 Months after Azithromycin Mass Drug Administration for Trachoma
  4. Treating village newcomers and travelers for trachoma: Results from ASANTE cluster randomized trial.
  5. Effectiveness of expanding annual mass azithromycin distribution treatment coverage for trachoma in Niger: a cluster randomised trial
  6. Comparative efficacy of low-dose versus standard-dose azithromycin for patients with yaws: a randomised non-inferiority trial in Ghana and Papua New Guinea
  7. One round of azithromycin MDA adequate to achieve the active trachoma elimination threshold in districts with prevalence of trachomatous inflammation—follicular of 5.0-9.9%: evidence from Malawi.
  8. A Longitudinal Analysis of Chlamydial Infection and Trachomatous Inflammation Following Mass Azithromycin Distribution
  9. Longer-term assessment of azithromycin for reducing childhood mortality in Africa
  10. Antimicrobial resistance following mass azithromycin distribution for trachoma: a systematic review

FACIAL CLEANLINESS

  1. Interventions to maximize facial cleanliness and achieve environmental improvement for trachoma elimination: A review of the grey literature

GENERAL

  1. The Global Trachoma Mapping Project: Methodology of a 34-Country Population-Based Study.
  2. Cross-Sectional Surveys of the Prevalence of Follicular Trachoma and Trichiasis in The Gambia: Has Elimination Been Reached?
  3. Elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in Ghana: Providing evidence through a pre-validation survey
  4. Operational adaptations of the trachoma pre-validation surveillance strategy employed in Ghana: a qualitative assessment of successes and challenges
  5. The global burden of trichiasis in 2016