Understanding the facilitators and barriers to integrating trachoma interventions into routine health systems

Community Eye Health. 2022;35(117):19-20. Epub 2023 Jan 30.

Authors

Sarity Dodson¹, Alemu Gemechu², Yeneneh Mulugeta Deneke³, Mitiku Bekere⁴, Shambel Belete⁵

Affiliations

¹ Research Director: The Fred Hollows Foundation, Melbourne, Australia.
² Programme Manager: The Fred Hollows Foundation, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
³ Medical advisor for Africa and the Middle East: The Fred Hollows Foundation, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
⁴ TT-surgery Transitioning Project Coordinator: The Fred Hollows Foundation, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
⁵ NTD Technical Advisor: Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

PMID: 37007826
PMCID: PMC10061256

Abstract

Identifying context-specific barriers to integration is essential to achieve the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem.