01224nas a2200193   4500000000100000008004100001653003900042653001300081653001100094653002700105100001500132700001500147700001900162245006700181856011500248300001000363490000700373520065000380       2017                            d10aNeglected tropical diseases (NTDs)10aTrachoma10aAfrica10aElimination strategies1 aMalecela M1 aMwingira U1 aMatendechero S00aA case for South-South collaboration for trachoma elimination.  uhttp://www.cehjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/a-case-for-south-south-collaboration-for-trachoma-elimination.pdf  a58 p.0 v293 a<p>The East Africa NTD/Trachoma Cross-Border Partnership brings together represent- atives from the same ‘neighbourhood’ – Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda – to share experiences of common interest in the delivery of trachoma and other neglected tropical disease (NTD) programmes. These countries understand that they will never reach their individual elimination targets without working together: they are all home to nomadic populations of pastoralists who live on both sides of an international border and are bound more closely by relations, socio-cultural activities and trade than by borders.</p>