SAFE strategy for blinding trachoma addresses sanitation, the other half of MDG7

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9836, 2012, Pages 27-28

  Emerson, Paul ^a   Kollmann, Martin ^b   MacArthur, Chad ^c,d   Bush, Simon ^d,e   Haddad, Danny ^d,f  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b Christian Blind Mission   (Kenya)

^c HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d International Coalition for Trachoma Control   (United States)

^e SIGHTSAVERS   (United Kingdom)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; TRACHOMA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; NEGLECTED DISEASE; NOTE; SANITATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; SANITATION; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 85047688519     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61122-2     Document Type: Letter

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