Sanitation and water supply coverage thresholds associated with active trachoma: Modeling cross-sectional data from 13 countries.
Joshua V GarnSophie BoissonRebecca WillisAna BakhtiariTawfik Al-KhatibKhaled AmerWilfrid BatchoPaul CourtrightMichael DejeneAndre GoepoguiKhumbo KaluaBiruck KebedeColin K MacleodKouakou IIunga Marie MadeleineMariamo Saide Abdala MbofanaCaleb MpyetJean NdjembaNicholas OlobioAlexandre L PavluckOliver SokanaKhamphoua SouthisombathFasihah TaleoAnthony W SolomonMatthew C FreemanPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2018)
Our study provides insights into the community water and sanitation coverage levels that might be required to best control trachoma. Our results suggest access to adequate water and sanitation can be important components in working towards the 2020 target of eliminating trachoma as a public health problem.