The elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in Togo: Successes and challenges
Akila Wimima Bakoubayi,
Denis Agbenyigan Yawovi Gadah,
Piham Gnossike
et al.
Abstract:Background
As of May 2022, 15 countries have declared that they have reached their trachoma elimination targets, but only 13 of them, including Togo, have been validated by the World Health Organization as having eliminated the disease as a public health problem. The aim of this study was to describe the broad interventions that have supported the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in Togo from its inception in 2006 to the validation of its elimination in 2022.
Method
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