Trachoma
Books and Manuals
Final assessment of trichiasis surgeons
Authors: Sheila K West, Amir Bedri, Thi Kim Thanh Ton, Emily S. West, Silvio P. Mariotti
Publisher: WHO www.who.int
Published: 2005
Description: This manual has three main aims: list and describe the knowledge that must be demonstrated and the procedures that must be successfully completed before, during, and after, surgery in order for certification to be granted; provide a checklist of the knowledge and procedures to assess during observation of the surgical process; provide guidelines for scoring the checklist for purposes of certification.
Link: PDF (345Kb)
Guidelines for the rapid assessment of
blinding trachoma
Authors: Negrel AD, Taylor HR, West S.
Publisher: WHO www.who.int
Published: 2001
Description: Covers preliminary assessment, organising and implementing field visits, analysing data and setting priorities and rapid assessment.
Link: PDF (1.4Mb)
The SAFE strategy: Preventing trachoma.
A guide for environmental sanitation and improved hygiene
Authors: Mariotti SP, Prüss A
Publisher: WHO www.who.int
Published: 2000
Description: Controlling trachoma through a combination of determinants; Surgery, Antibiotic treatment, Face washing and Environmental change
Link: PDF (3.5Mb)
Trachoma control: a guide for programme managers
Authors: Solomon, AW, Zondervan M, Kuper H, Buchan J, Mabey D, Foster A
Publisher: WHO www.who.int
Published: 2006
Description: This guide has been written for managers of national and district trachoma control programmes. It sets out, step-by-step, what is needed to assess the magnitude and extent of the trachoma problem in the area and how to plan, implement, monitor and evaluate a programme to control, and ultimately eliminate, trachoma.
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Trichiasis Surgery for Trachoma. The bilamellar Tarsal Rotation Procedure
Authors: Reacher M, Foster A, Huber J
Publisher: WHO www.who.int
Published: 1998
Description: This manual has three learning objectives: how to identify patients who require surgery for trichiasis; to perform successfully the bilamellar tarsal rotation operation to correct trichiasis; to assess results and manage complications of the bilamellar tarsal rotation procedure.
Link: PDF (2.1Mb)
Quizzes
Test Your Knowledge: Ten Questions on Trachoma
Author: Gavin Yamey
Publisher: PLOS Medicine medicine.plosjournals.org
Published:
2006
Description: Are you up to date with current research on Trachoma? Test your knowledge with these ten questions from the PLOS Medicine journal.
Link: medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0030155
Reports and documents
Mapping the global distribution of trachoma
Author: Sarah Polack, Simon Brooker, Hannah Kuper, Silvio Mariotti, David Mabey, & Allen Foster
Publisher: WHO Bulletin/ICEH
Description: Summarising and mapping the existing global population-based data on active trachoma and trichiasis.
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Teaching sets
Trachoma
Author: ICEH
Publisher: ICEH
Published: 1999, updated 2007
Description: Covers transmission risk factors,
clinical features, medical and surgical treatments, preventive measures
and the SAFE strategy for the control of trachoma.
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CDs/DVDs
Trachoma
Publisher: The Wellcome Trust www.wellcome.ac.uk
Edition: 2nd
Published: 2006
Description: A guide to trachoma and the SAFE strategy. The new edition of the CD has been fully revised and expanded. It now includes coverage of the SAFE strategy for the elimination of blinding trachoma.
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Eye health workers in developing countries can order a copy of the CD from the Publications List PDF (80Kb)
Libraries / Databases
Trachoma Health Education Materials Library
Publisher: The Carter Center
Description: An electronic collection with over 100 different materials available from trachoma control programs worldwide. Items include flip charts, posters, t-shirts and hats, manuals, leaflets, storybooks and school-based materials.
Link: www.cartercenter.org/health/trachoma_education/index.html
Discussion groups and email lists
ORCEA Trachoma Information Service for Eastern Africa
Publisher: Ophthalmic Resource Centre for Eastern Africa (ORCEA)
Description: The Trachoma Information Service is an email newsletter sent every 2 months. ORCEA is also about to start a periodic email mailing on low vision in collaboration with the Low Vision Unit at Kikuyu Hospital in Kenya.
Link: If you wish to be included on the Trachoma or Low Vision email mailings, send your name and email address to kcco@kcco.net.
Other corneal eye conditions
Books and manuals
Prevention of Blindness in Leprosy
Authors: Paul Courtright, Susan Lewallen
Publisher: International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations (ILEP) www.ilep.org.uk
Edition: 2nd
Published: 2006
Description: The problem of eye involvement as a cause of disability in leprosy is well recognised. The successful, widespread use of multidrug therapy has led to significant reductions in the prevalence of leprosy worldwide; subsequently, there has been increased attention to the problem of disabilities, including those relating to visual loss. This booklet is intended for use by all health workers and programme managers involved in leprosy control and prevention of blindness.
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Suppurative Keratitis Manual
Author: Leck AK, Matheson MM, Heritage J
Publisher: ICEH
Description: A 25 page laboratory manual and guide to management of microbial
keratitis with colour photographs.
Link: PDF (2Mb)
Leprosy and the Eye
Author: Margreet Hogeweg
Publisher: ICEH
Published: 1999, revised February 2005
Description: A practical tool for teaching
health workers how to recognise and refer leprosy patients with eye disease.
It also sets out the measures necessary for the treatment of eye disease
in leprosy.
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Reports and documents
Guidelines for the Management of Corneal Ulcer at Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Care health facilities in the South-East Asia Region
Author: WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
Publisher: WHO www.who.int
Published: 2004
Date added: 2008-01-28
Description: The purpose of this document is to provide guidance in the management of superficial ocular trauma and established suppurative keratitis in order to minimize morbidity and visual loss from bacterial and fungal corneal infections.
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