Author | Szwarcwald, Celia Landmann | |
Author | Lopes, Maria de Fátima Costa | |
Author | Souza Junior, Paulo Roberto Borges de | |
Author | Gómez, Daniela Vaz Ferreira | |
Author | Luna, Expedito José de Albuquerque | |
Author | Almeida, Wanessa da Silva de | |
Author | Damacena, Giseli Nogueira | |
Author | Favacho, Joana da Felidade Ribeiro | |
Author | Frias, Paulo Germano de | |
Author | Butcher, Robert | |
Author | Boyd, Sarah | |
Author | Bakhtiari, Ana | |
Author | Willis, Rebecca | |
Author | Jimenez, Cristina | |
Author | Harding-Esch, Emma | |
Author | Saboyá-Díaz, Martha Idalí | |
Access date | 2023-06-02T12:57:53Z | |
Available date | 2023-06-02T12:57:53Z | |
Document date | 2021 | |
Citation | SZWARCWALD, Célia Landmann et al. Population Prevalence of Trachoma in Nine Rural Non-Indigenous Evaluation Units of Brazil. Ophthalmic Epidemiol, p. 1-10, 2021. | en_US |
ISSN | 0928-6586 | en_US |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/58881 | |
Language | por | en_US |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_US |
Rights | open access | en_US |
Title | Population Prevalence of Trachoma in Nine Rural Non-Indigenous Evaluation Units of Brazil | en_US |
Type | Article | |
DOI | 10.1080/09286586.2021.1941127 | |
Abstract | To assess the contemporary prevalence of trachoma in Brazil’s non-indigenous popula-tion, surveys of those thought to be at greatest risk of disease were conducted. Rural census tracts of non-indigenous population from nine mesoregions were selected to compose the survey evaluation units (EUs) by considering previously endemic municipalities at greatest risk of trachoma. In each of the nine EUs, we conducted a population-based prevalence survey. Every resident of selected households aged �1 year was examined for trachomatous inflammation — follicular (TF) and trachomatous trichiasis (TT). Additionally, data were collected on household-level access to water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) and education. A total of 27,962 individuals were examined across nine EUs. The age-adjusted TF pre-valence in 1–9-year-olds was <5% in each EU. The age- and gender-adjusted prevalence of TT unknown to the health system in ≥15-year-olds was <0.2% in eight EUs; in one EU, it was 0.22%. The median number of households surveyed per EU with access to an improved drinking water source within a 30-minute roundtrip of the house was 66%. School attendance was >99% of surveyed children. The prevalence of TF was well below the target for elimination as a public health problem in all EUs. Because EUs surveyed were selected to represent the highest-risk non- indigenous areas of the country, TF prevalence is unlikely to be ≥5% in non-indigenous populations elsewhere. In one EU, the prevalence of TT was above the target threshold for elimination. Further investigation and possibly improvement in TT surgical provision are required in that EU. | en_US |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Ministério da Saúde. Coordenação de Vigilância de Zoonoses e Doenças de Transmissão Vetorial. Departamento de Imunizações e Doenças Transmissíveis. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Brasília, DF, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Ministério da Saúde. Coordenação de Vigilância de Zoonoses e Doenças de Transmissão Vetorial. Departamento de Imunizações e Doenças Transmissíveis. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Brasília, DF, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina. Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Ministério da Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Belém, PA, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Diretoria de Ensino e Pesquisa. Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira. Grupo de Estudos em Avaliação e Gestão em Saúde. Recife, PE, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine. Clinical Research Department. London, United Kingdom. | en_US |
Affilliation | International Trachoma Initiative. Task Force for Global Health. Atlanta, GA, United States. | en_US |
Affilliation | International Trachoma Initiative. Task Force for Global Health. Atlanta, GA, United States. | en_US |
Affilliation | International Trachoma Initiative. Task Force for Global Health. Atlanta, GA, United States. | en_US |
Affilliation | Sightsavers International. Haywards Heath, UK. | en_US |
Affilliation | London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine. Clinical Research Department. London, United Kingdom. | en_US |
Affilliation | Pan American Health Organization. Neglected, Tropical, and Vector-Borne Diseases Unit. Communicable Diseases and Environmental Determinants of Health Department. Washington, DC, USA. | en_US |
Affilliation | World Health Organization. Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases. Geneva, Switzerland. | en_US |
Subject | Trachoma | en_US |
Subject | Trichiasis | en_US |
Subject | Brazil | en_US |
Subject | Prevalence | en_US |
Subject | Neglected tropical diseases | en_US |
Subject | Elimination | en_US |
Subject | WASH | en_US |
Subject | Tropical data | en_US |