02111nas a2200253 4500000000100000008004100001260001200042653002700054653001800081653001300099653001400112653003200126100001300158700001200171700001300183700001400196700001500210245006300225856007900288300001200367490000700379520145700386022001401843 2020 d c06/202010aChlamydiae trachomatis10aSAFE strategy10aTrachoma10ablindness10aNeglected Tropical Diseases1 aHammou J1 aObtel M1 aRazine R1 aBerraho A1 aBelmekki M00aElimination of trachoma from Morocco: a historical review. uhttps://applications.emro.who.int/emhj/v26/06/10203397202606713719-eng.pdf a713-7190 v263 a

Since the 1950s, the Kingdom of Morocco has been and remains one of the pioneers in the fight against trachoma, a disease that has completely disappeared in the majority of its national territory, but some endemic pockets have persisted and pose a health risk, particularly for children and women. Morocco finds itself today, thanks to years of joint efforts, at the forefront of the world stage of the fight against trachoma. The country has demonstrated through its experience the effectiveness and relevance of the "SAFE" strategy - an extensive programme designed to tackle trachoma and its complications. The strategy is complex in its implementation and requires the synergy of a set of actors dedicated to specific activities, whether medico-surgical management activities aimed at setting up a physical project for local development, or information and awareness-raising activities. The key to the long-term success of eliminating blinding trachoma was not only to link distribution of drugs to the entire project area for several years to reduce substantially the reservoir of human- to-human transmission, but also to ensure permanence. In addition, services that provide quality palpebral surgery and especially repeat treatment campaigns with antibiotics, as well as health education campaigns and the promotion of personal and collective hygiene have generated sustainable changes in the living environment of receiving populations.

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