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The elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in Togo: Successes and challenges.

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العنوان: The elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in Togo: Successes and challenges.
المؤلفون: Bakoubayi AW; German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, Lomé, Togo.; University of Lomé, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Public Health, Lomé, Togo., Gadah DAY; German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, Lomé, Togo., Gnossike P; National Programme for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Lomé, Togo., Zida-Compaore WIC; African Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Public Health, Lomé, Togo., Bando PP; German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, Lomé, Togo., Alaglo K; National Programme for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Lomé, Togo., Tchalim M; National Programme for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Lomé, Togo., Patchali P; National Programme for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Lomé, Togo., Bitty-Anderson A; PACCI Program Ivory Coast site, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire., Ekouevi DK; University of Lomé, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Public Health, Lomé, Togo.; African Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Public Health, Lomé, Togo.
المصدر: PLoS neglected tropical diseases [PLoS Negl Trop Dis] 2023 Jul 18; Vol. 17 (7), pp. e0011444. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 18 (Print Publication: 2023).
نوع المنشور: Journal Article
اللغة: English
بيانات الدورية: Publisher: Public Library of Science Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101291488 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1935-2735 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 19352727 NLM ISO Abbreviation: PLoS Negl Trop Dis Subsets: MEDLINE
أسماء مطبوعة: Original Publication: San Francisco, CA : Public Library of Science
مواضيع طبية MeSH: Trachoma*/epidemiology , Trachoma*/prevention & control , Trichiasis*/epidemiology, Child ; Humans ; Infant ; Public Health ; Togo/epidemiology ; Africa ; Prevalence ; Neglected Diseases/epidemiology ; Neglected Diseases/prevention & control
مستخلص: 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: A review and compilation of data and information contained in the country's submission to World Health Organization for validation of trachoma elimination as a public health problem was conducted. Data from national and local surveillance systems and reports on actions taken after achieving the elimination target were also included.
Results: Togo has achieved the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem by 2022. The prevalence of follicular trachoma among children aged 1-9 years is <5% in all nationally defined administrative units suspected of having trachoma after stopping mass treatment for at least 2 years. The prevalence of trichiasis among persons aged 15 years and older is less than 0.2% in all administrative units previously endemic for trachoma and evidence of the ability to manage incident cases of emerging trichiasis in the community has been demonstrated. The key of the success in the elimination process was primarily the political commitment of the health authorities with financial and technical support from various international organizations.
Conclusion: The elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in Togo is a real success story that can serve as an example for the elimination of other neglected tropical diseases in Africa. But regular monitoring and surveillance is essential to avoid the re-emergence of such disease in the country.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
(Copyright: © 2023 Bakoubayi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
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تواريخ الأحداث: Date Created: 20230718 Date Completed: 20230721 Latest Revision: 20230725
رمز التحديث: 20231215
مُعرف محوري في PubMed: PMC10353810
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011444
PMID: 37463175
قاعدة البيانات: MEDLINE
الوصف
تدمد:1935-2735
DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0011444