Assertion: trachoma | /r/HasProperty | eliminated as a public health problem
Facets:
value: through water supply
type: MANNER
value: in others
type: LOCATION
value: through latrines
type: LOCATION
value: from the gambia
type: LOCATION
value: through improved socioeconomic status
type: CAUSE
value: in 2009
type: TEMPORAL
value: by 2010
type: TEMPORAL
value: by implementing a package of interventions
type: MANNER
value: within populations
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Among other projects, The Task Force’s Neglected Tropical Diseases Support Center develops diagnostics and tools to assess whether trachoma has been eliminated as a public health problem within populations.
text: Trachoma can be eliminated as a public health problem by implementing a package of interventions – the “SAFE strategy” comprising: Surgery for trachomatous trichiasis; Antibiotics to clear ocular C. trachomatis infection; and Facial cleanliness and Environmental improvement (particularly improved access to water and sanitation) to reduce C. trachomatis transmission.
text: It is projected that trachoma will be eliminated as a public health problem from The Gambia in 2009, and China, Eritrea, Ghana, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam by 2010.
text: This strategy helps to generate good data, which governments can then present to the World Health Organization (WHO) when they are ready to embark on the process of validating whether trachoma has been eliminated as a public health problem.
text: Trachoma has been eliminated as a public health problem in these settings and others (such as Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, and Oman) through improved socioeconomic status, improved environmental and public health infrastructures (water supply, latrines), and changed behavior.