Trachoma prevalence surveys in 15 indigenous and non-indigenous evaluation units in Brazil, 2018–2023
It is highly likely that trachoma has been eliminated as a public health problem in all the EUs surveyed. The findings on sanitary conditions mandate public policies to overcome socioenvironmental inequalities.
Authors
- Sandra Liliana Talero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0494-2017)
- Expedito José de Albuquerque Luna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1145-9672)
- Maria de Fátima Costa Lopes
- Luciano Chaves Franco Filho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5648-4118)
- Daniela Vaz Ferreira Gómez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5179-2218)
- Emma Michele Harding-Esch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1432-8109)
- Norma Medina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6544-6674)
- Paulo Roberto Borges de Souza Júnior (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8142-4790)
- Wanessa da Silva de Almeida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5164-8603)
- Cristina Jimenez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7973-9240)
- Ana Bakhtiari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4083-7115)
- Annalisa Cogo
- Joana da Felicidade Ribeiro Favacho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7926-7952)
- Anthony W. Solomon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7101-6649)
- Sarah Boyd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7264-8602)
- Martha Idalí Saboyá-Díaz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4324-9618)
- Giseli Nogueira Damacena (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7059-3353)
Institutions
- Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas (US)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Sightsavers (GB)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- Ministério da Saúde (BR)
- International Trachoma Initiative (US)
- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Health
- Published
- 2025-06-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihaf067
- Primary Topic
- Reproductive tract infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Ministry of Health