01624nas a2200301   4500000000100000008004100001653001300042653001900055653003300074653001400107100001700121700001400138700001400152700001200166700001000178700001400188700001200202700001000214700001200224700001600236700001300252245013100265856010600396300001100502490000700513520078800520022001401308       2006                            d10aTrachoma10aEgyptian Delta10aCommunity-based intervention10aBlindness1 aRubinstein R1 aD. Lane S1 aSallam SA1 aSheta A1 aGad Z1 aSherif AR1 aSelim M1 aGad A1 aShama A1 aSchachter J1 aDawson C00aControlling blinding trachoma in the Egyptian Delta: Integrating clinical, epidemiological and anthropological understandings.  uhttp://trachomasafe.org/sites/trachomasafe.org/files/controlling_blinding_trachoma_egyptian_delta.pdf  a99-1180 v133 a<p>Trachoma is a leading cause of preventable blindness in the world. The disease is hyperendemic in rural Egypt, where more than 75% of children show signs of having had at least one episode of infectious trachoma during the first year of life. Earlier anthropological and epidemiological observations suggested that trachoma prevalence would decrease if children had their faces washed with soap and water at least once each day. We conducted a community-based intervention to increase face washing in order to control trachoma. In this paper we describe the overall design of this intervention trial and discuss how we integrated anthropological methods and ethnographic data into the design of this successful multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural project to prevent trachoma.</p>
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