Contributions to the Improvement of Living Conditions among Neglected Populations with Trachoma
| Autor: | Myra E. Bates, Ellen Einterz, Christine Chaumeil, Falta Abba, Philippe Bensaid, Pablo Goldschmidt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Irrigation
Neglected Populations media_common.quotation_subject Visual impairment Water supply Blindness Well Social solidarity Hygiene Waterholes Medicine Chlamydia Socioeconomics media_common Trachoma geography geography.geographical_feature_category business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Water medicine.disease Digging Infectious Diseases Optometry Original Article medicine.symptom Infection business Water well |
| Zdroj: | Tropical Medicine and Health |
| ISSN: | 1349-4147 1348-8945 |
| Popis: | Objective: Trachoma (Chlamydia-triggered blinding infection) provoked irreversible visual impairment in about 8 million people in 2011, and the prevalence among children with dirty faces is more than three fold that among children with clean faces. In 250 villages with a high prevalence of trachoma (Kolofata district, Far North Region, Cameroon), the lack of water for facial cleanliness was reported during trachoma awareness campaigns. The objective of this study was to determine if the lack of water was linked with the absence of means to dig wells. Methods: Wells, waterholes, motorcycles, irrigation pumps, electricity, goats and oxen, cell phones and distance from waterholes were recorded in January 2011 in 50 randomized villages of Kolofata’s district. Results: The number of villages with |
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