Can we stop the medicine and still beat this blinding disease?
NCT ID NCT04185402
Summary
This study tested whether communities with low rates of the eye infection trachoma could safely stop their yearly antibiotic treatments. Researchers compared what happened in villages that stopped the medicine versus those that continued it for three more years. The goal was to find the most effective long-term strategy to control this preventable cause of blindness.
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Locations
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Programme National de Santé Oculaire (PNSO)
Niamey, Niger
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