Talk:Trachoma

message: I have now included a citation regarding the work of Dr Vincent Tabone Maltesedog 13:19, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've updated the article to more accurately reflect Tabone's role. -AED 22:23, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: A quick scan of information available online shows a much smaller population to be affected by trachoma.
The International Trachoma Initiative lists the number to be at 84 million with the active disease, and over 8 million blind. 
Unite for Sight puts the number in the same area, with 18%-24% of blindness caused by trachoma, with 7-9 million. Cataracts are listed as the leading cause of blindness.
The WHO lists the number to cause 3.6% of visual impairment globally, with cataracts once again listed as the leading cause.
So while it's difficult to actually pin down the exact numbers here, it seems safe to say that 400 million afflicted seems far too large, and that I can find no information suggesting that trachoma is the leading cause of blindness globally.
The only reason I didn't go ahead an make an edit is that the ITI article was unsourced, and medical issues are far from my expertise. I just happened to notice a discrepancy between this page and the blindness one.
Contextclouds 06:07, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources needed for these numbers, they don't seem right 

message: Review  JFW | T@lk 21:40, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Another one: doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62182-0 JFW | T@lk 21:15, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lancet 

message: I do not believe that the photo caption is correct, or that the photo is necessarily cogent to this article.  The photo depicts sutures on an eyelid, not "eyelashes" on a "turned in eyelid".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.60.73.126 (talk) 14:17, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo caption seems incorrect

message: decreasing the number of people infected by treatment with antibiotics.[2]<AB+CAUSinfctn??>infectednumber-  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.235.179.170 (talk) 04:33, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  ambiguouswordin 

message: ocular discharge is just accepted as normal. However, further symptoms may include:
    Eye discharge+difOKULA><EYEdisch??  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.235.179.170 (talk) 05:03, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  i/THEIRpopultns(discharg 

message: Believed to be present in Australian Aborigines in Pleistocene:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2405692 Lisapaloma (talk) 14:55, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds good. You might be able to get the full article here: sci-hub.cc JuanTamad (talk) 06:24, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: You might. Linking to a site that has copyright violation as a raison d'être isn't a good idea on Wikipedia, though. ~Amatulić (talk) 06:13, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggest addition to "History" 

message: COI notice: I am employed in The Carter Center's communications office. A colleague from another organization brought the following to our attention. I have not attempted a Wiki edit before, so please forgive any missteps.
In "Epidemiology," Dr. Paul Emerson's listed titles are incorrect and outdated: 
“We can make this disease history, and this document lays out a plan to do so,” said Dr. Paul Emerson, chair of the ICTC and director of The Carter Center’s Trachoma Control Program. “There is an urgent need for action to avoid additional suffering and unnecessary blindness for hundreds of thousands of people.” 
Dr. Emerson is program director of the International Trachoma Initiative (ITI), not chair of the ICTC; further, he no longer is director of the Carter Center's trachoma program. (The current director is Kelly Callahan, M.P.H.) In addition, the title of the Carter Center program should include the word "Control," with each word capitalized. 
http://trachoma.org/staff
http://www.taskforce.org/our-team/our-staff/paul-emerson
https://www.cartercenter.org/health/trachoma/program_staff.html
The corrected attribution should read, "... said Dr. Paul Emerson, program director of the International Trachoma Initiative (ITI) and former director of the Carter Center's Trachoma Control Program."
We appreciate your attention to these details.
206.57.79.91 (talk) 19:30, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: But at the time he said that phrase his titles were correct? Ruslik_Zero 19:41, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  I checked the links provided. The recommended revision is correct. JuanTamad (talk) 21:44, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Erroneous titles for Paul Emerson 

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