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A Human Fallopian Tube Model for Investigation of C. trachomatis Infections
Published on: August 11, 2012
El tracoma es un tracoma
Heathcote R Wright1, Angus Turner, Hugh R Taylor
1Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, WHO Collaborating Centre for the Prevention of Blindness, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia. heathcote27@hotmail.com
Lancet (London, England)
|June 10, 2008
Resumen
La iniciativa de la Eliminación Global del Tracoma para 2020 tiene como objetivo erradicar el tracoma, una de las principales causas de ceguera prevenible. La estrategia SAFE (cirugía, antibióticos, limpieza facial, mejora ambiental) está demostrando ser eficaz en el control de esta enfermedad infecciosa ocular.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Oftalmología Oftalmología.
- Enfermedades infecciosas Enfermedades infecciosas.
- Salud Pública La salud pública.
Sus antecedentes:
- El tracoma, una queratoconjuntivitis causada por Chlamydia trachomatis, conduce a la cicatrización y la ceguera.
- El tracoma activo afecta a 84 millones de personas, de las cuales 1,3 millones son ciegas por la enfermedad en etapa terminal.
- Las infecciones oculares repetidas causan cicatrización de la conjuntiva, distorsión de los párpados y abrasión de la córnea.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Evaluar la efectividad de la iniciativa de la Eliminación Global del Tracoma para el año 2020.
- Evaluar el impacto de la estrategia SAFE en el control y la eliminación del tracoma.
- Proyectar la posible extinción del tracoma cegador para el año 2020.
Principales métodos:
- Intervenciones a nivel comunitario basadas en la estrategia SAFE: cirugía para la triquiasis, antibióticos para el tracoma activo, limpieza facial y mejora ambiental.
- Revisión de la evidencia que apoya las iniciativas de salud de la población.
- Monitoreo de los esfuerzos globales hacia la eliminación del tracoma.
Principales resultados:
- La estrategia SAFE demuestra su eficacia en el control del tracoma.
- Los esfuerzos globales continuos son cruciales para lograr el objetivo de eliminación de 2020.
- La evidencia apoya el enfoque para prevenir nuevos casos y ceguera.
Conclusiones:
- El tracoma está al borde de la extinción debido a la iniciativa de la Eliminación Global del Tracoma para 2020.
- La estrategia SAFE es un exitoso programa de salud pública para el control de enfermedades infecciosas oculares.
- Se espera que la implementación sostenida de la estrategia SAFE elimine el tracoma cegador para 2020.
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