Trial reportThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2013
The association between latrine use and trachoma: a secondary cohort analysis from a randomized clinical trial.
Trial report in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prevalence and associated factors of active trachoma among children of 1 to 9 years in low-income countries of Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of access to water supply and sanitation on the prevalence of active trachoma in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Pooled it
- Spillover effects on health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.International journal of epidemiology · 2017Pooled it
- Effect of water, sanitation, and hygiene on the prevention of trachoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2014Pooled it
- Baseline Prevalence of Trachoma in 21 Local Government Areas of Adamawa State, North East Nigeria.Ophthalmic epidemiology · 2023Article
- Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices about Trachoma in Rural Communities of Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia: Implications for Prevention and Control.Journal of environmental and public health · 2020Article
- Prevalence of Active Trachoma and Associated Factors in Areka Town, South Ethiopia, 2018.Interdisciplinary perspectives on infectious diseases · 2020Article
- Prevalence of trachoma in 13 Local Government Areas of Taraba State, Nigeria.Ophthalmic epidemiology · 2018Article
- Spillover effects in epidemiology: parameters, study designs and methodological considerations.International journal of epidemiology · 2018Article
- Active trachoma and community use of sanitation, Ethiopia.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2017Article
- Prevalence of trachoma at sub-district level in ethiopia: determining when to stop mass azithromycin distribution.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2014Article
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Abstract
Latrine use has been promoted as a component of an integrated strategy for trachoma control. As part of a randomized trial in Ethiopia, 12 communities received a mass azithromycin distribution followed by a latrine promotion intervention. A random sample of children ages 0-9 years in each community was monitored longitudinally for ocular chlamydia. After latrine construction ended, those communities with a higher proportion of households using latrines were more likely to experience a reduction in the prevalence of ocular chlamydia. Specifically, for each 10% increase in latrine use, there was a 2.0% decrease (95% confidence interval = 0.2-3.9% decrease) in the community prevalence of ocular chlamydia over the subsequent year (P = 0.04).
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