Contributors
André Géopogui: Role: ConceptualizationRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole:
Supervision
Christelly Flore Badila: Role: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: Writing –
original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Mamadou Siradiou Baldé: Role: ConceptualizationRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administration
Cece Nieba: Role: ConceptualizationRole: InvestigationRole: Methodology
Lamine Lamah: Role: ConceptualizationRole: InvestigationRole: Methodology
Steven D. Reid: Role: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: Writing – review & editing
Mohamed Lamine Yattara: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysis
Jean Jacques Tougoue: Role: Writing – review & editing
Jeremiah Ngondi: Role: Writing – review & editing
Ibrahim Foungotin Bamba: Role: Formal analysisRole: Project administrationRole: Writing – review & editing
Joseph J. Amon: Role: Writing – review & editing
Anthony W. Solomon: Role: ConceptualizationRole: MethodologyRole: ResourcesRole: Writing – review & editing
Yaobi Zhang:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7370-9171
Role: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: SoftwareRole: VisualizationRole: Writing
– original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Ali M. Somily: Role: Editor
Journal
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosntds
Title:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Print):
1935-2727
ISSN
(Electronic):
1935-2735
Publication date
(Electronic):
11
June
2018
Publication date Collection:
June
2018
Volume: 12
Issue: 6
Electronic Location Identifier: e0006585
Affiliations
[1
]
National Neglected Tropical Diseases Control Program, Ministry of Health, Conakry,
Guinea
[2
]
Guinea Office, Helen Keller International, Conakry, Guinea
[3
]
Headquarters, Helen Keller International, New York, New York, United States of America
[4
]
Mali Office, Helen Keller International, Bamako, Mali
[5
]
ENVISION Project, RTI International, Washington DC, United States of America
[6
]
ENVISION Project, RTI International, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
[7
]
Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London,
United Kingdom
[8
]
Department of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
[9
]
Regional office for Africa, Helen Keller International, Dakar, Senegal
King Saud University College of Medicine, SAUDI ARABIA
Author notes
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PNTD-D-18-00210
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006585
PMC ID: 6013237
PubMed ID: 29889826
SO-VID: 809d8556-7514-4aa4-8387-85128b34508b
Copyright © © 2018 World Health Organization
License:
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History
Date
received
: 9
February
2018
Date
accepted
: 5
June
2018
Page count
Figures: 2,
Tables: 3,
Pages: 15
Funding
The national trachoma surveys were funded by the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) ENVISION Project through Helen Keller International. ENVISION
is a global project led by RTI International in partnership with CBM International,
The Carter Center, Helen Keller International, IMA World Health, Light for the World,
Sightsavers, and World Vision. ENVISION is funded by the USAID under cooperative agreement
number AID-OAA-A-11- 00048. The period of performance for ENVISION is September 30,
2011 through September 30, 2019. AWS was a Wellcome Trust Intermediate Clinical Fellow
(098521) at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and is now a staff member
of the World Health Organization. The funders had no role in study design, data collection
and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The author’s
views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID,
the United States Government, or the institutions with which they are affiliated.
Categories
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Infectious Diseases
Subject:
Bacterial Diseases
Subject:
Trachoma
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Ophthalmology
Subject:
Eye Diseases
Subject:
Trachoma
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Tropical Diseases
Subject:
Neglected Tropical Diseases
Subject:
Trachoma
Subject:
People and Places
Subject:
Geographical Locations
Subject:
Africa
Subject:
Guinea
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Health Care
Subject:
Environmental Health
Subject:
Sanitation
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Public and Occupational Health
Subject:
Environmental Health
Subject:
Sanitation
Subject:
People and places
Subject:
Geographical locations
Subject:
Europe
Subject:
European Union
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Public and Occupational Health
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pharmacology
Subject:
Drugs
Subject:
Antimicrobials
Subject:
Antibiotics
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Control
Subject:
Antimicrobials
Subject:
Antibiotics
Subject:
Research and Analysis Methods
Subject:
Research Design
Subject:
Survey Research
Subject:
Surveys
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Surgical and Invasive Medical Procedures
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