The elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in Mexico: From national health priority to national success story.
<h4>Introduction</h4>Mexico was the first country in the Americas and the third in the world to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem, as validated by the WHO in 2017.<h4>Objective</h4>To describe the critical elements that favored the elimination of trachoma as a pub...
Main Authors: | Víctor Quesada-Cubo, Dey Carol Damián-González, Francisco Gibert Prado-Velasco, Nadia Angélica Fernández-Santos, Gustavo Sánchez-Tejeda, Fabián Correa-Morales, Hermilo Domínguez-Zárate, Abel García-Orozco, Martha Idalí Saboyá-Díaz, María Jesús Sánchez-Martín |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2022-08-01
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Series: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010660 |
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