A cross-sectional survey of visual impairment (VI) was undertaken in the Enemor district in Southern Ethiopian where five years of trachoma control programme has been implemented using the SAFE (Surgery, Antibiotics, Face washing, Environmental hygiene) strategy. The prevalence of VI (presenting visual acuity in the better eye < 6/18) in 451 people above 40 years of age was 22% (CI: 17.6 to 27.6) and most of it was accounted for by cataract (67%) and trachoma (13%). Whereas cataract remains a prominent cause, contribution of trachoma among leading causes of VI is declining in communities where SAFE strategy has been implemented.
BT - Tropical Doctor DO - 10.1258/td.2010.090390 IS - 3 J2 - Tropical Doctor N2 -A cross-sectional survey of visual impairment (VI) was undertaken in the Enemor district in Southern Ethiopian where five years of trachoma control programme has been implemented using the SAFE (Surgery, Antibiotics, Face washing, Environmental hygiene) strategy. The prevalence of VI (presenting visual acuity in the better eye < 6/18) in 451 people above 40 years of age was 22% (CI: 17.6 to 27.6) and most of it was accounted for by cataract (67%) and trachoma (13%). Whereas cataract remains a prominent cause, contribution of trachoma among leading causes of VI is declining in communities where SAFE strategy has been implemented.
PY - 2010 T2 - Tropical Doctor TI - Trachoma visual impairment in a SAFE area in Ethiopia. UR - http://tdo.sagepub.com/lookup/doi/10.1258/td.2010.090390 VL - 40 SN - 0049-4755 ER -