The evidence base for trachoma interventions
SAFE is a policy based on common sense and practical know-how. It includes all the things we know contribute to blindness from the disease and the strategy is to interrupt the pathway to sight loss at several different stages. It is, however, worth examining the evidence which underlies this pol...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London
2004-12-01
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| Series: | Community Eye Health Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.cehjournal.org/0953-6833/17/jceh_17_52_060.html |
| Summary: | SAFE is a policy based on common sense and practical know-how. It includes all the things we know contribute to blindness from the disease and the strategy is to interrupt the pathway to sight loss at several different stages. It is, however, worth examining the evidence which underlies this policy. Like so often in politics and planning, policies are made first and then evidence is sought to support them afterwards. This is not a strictly evidence based approach. There are Cochrane reviews either underway or published on all four components of SAFE. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-6833 |