Paraguay: Initiative for the Elimination of Trachoma in the Americas
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Paraguay contributes to the elimination of trachoma in the Americas Paraguay is making progress toward validation of the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem. In 2018, the country conducted rapid trachoma assessments (RTAs) in priority areas of the Paraguayan Chaco characterized by social vulnerability and limited access to water and health services – factors that can facilitate transmission of the disease. In 2019, this information was supplemented by serology results from dried blood spot samples collected as part of integrated serological surveillance in the Paraguayan Chaco. *************** |