The SAFE strategy for the elimination of trachoma by 2020: will it work?
WHO has recently launched a programme (GET 2020) for the elimination of trachoma, the leading cause of preventable blindness. GET 2020 has adopted the SAFE strategy, a comprehensive set of control measures (Surgery for entropion/ trichiasis; Antibiotics for infectious trachoma; Facial cleanliness to...
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The World Health Organization
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Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
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