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Original Article

An Eye for Inequality: How Trachoma Relates to Poverty in Tanzania and Vietnam

Evertjan Jansen Institute for Medical Technology Assessment, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Rob MPM Baltussen Institute for Medical Technology Assessment, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Eddy van Doorslaer Department of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Edith Ngirwamungu International Trachoma Initiative, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Mai P. Nguyen International Trachoma Initiative, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Peter M. Kilima Anglophone Africa Region, International Trachoma Initiative, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Pages 278-287 | Received 01 Jan 2007, Accepted 18 Feb 2007, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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Dianne Stare, Emma Harding-Esch, Beatriz Munoz, Robin Bailey, David Mabey, Martin Holland, Charlotte Gaydos & Sheila West. (2011) Design and Baseline Data of a Randomized Trial to Evaluate Coverage and Frequency of Mass Treatment with Azithromycin: The Partnership for Rapid Elimination of Trachoma (PRET) in Tanzania and The Gambia. Ophthalmic Epidemiology 18:1, pages 20-29.
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Elizabeth N. Ssemanda, Harran Mkocha, Joshua Levens, Beatriz Munoz & Sheila K. West. (2015) Community mass treatment with azithromycin for trachoma: Factors associated with change in participation of children from the first to the second round. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health 3:1, pages 37-43.
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Elizabeth N. Ssemanda, Joshua Levens, Harran Mkocha, Beatriz Munoz & Sheila K. West. (2012) Azithromycin Mass Treatment for Trachoma Control: Risk Factors for Non-Participation of Children in Two Treatment Rounds. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 6:3, pages e1576.
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Maggie A. Montgomery, Mayur M. Desai, Nora E. Groce & Menachem Elimelech. (2011) Relationship between distance to social gathering facilities and risk of trachoma for households in rural Tanzanian communities. Social Science & Medicine 73:1, pages 1-5.
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M. H. Emamian, H. Zeraati, R. Majdzadeh, M. Shariati, H. Hashemi & A. Fotouhi. (2011) The Gap of Visual Impairment Between Economic Groups in Shahroud, Iran: A Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition. American Journal of Epidemiology 173:12, pages 1463-1467.
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