Correction: An impact evaluation of two rounds of mass drug administration on the prevalence of active trachoma: A clustered cross sectional survey

• Published in: PloS one 2019-09, Vol.14 (9), p.e0222660
• Main Authors: Amnie, Asrat Genet, Emerson, Paul, McFarland, Deborah, King, Jonathon, Miri, Emmanuel, Dickman, Lisa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1932-6203; 1932-6203
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222660

Asrat Genet Amnie1, Paul Emerson2, Deborah McFarland3, Jonathon King2, Emmanuel Miri4, and Lisa Dickman2 1 Health Education Unit, Education Department, Eugenio María de Hostos Community College, The City University of New York, New York, NY, United States 2 The Carter Center, Atlanta, GA, USA 3 Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA 4 The Carter Center, Jos, Plateau, Nigeria. Supporting information Showing 1/2: pone.0222660.s001.pdf RESEA RCH ARTICL E An impact evaluation of two rounds of mass drug administration on the prevalence of active trachoma: A clustered cross sectional survey Asrat Genet Amnie * Health Educatio n Unit, Educatio n Department, Eugen io Marı ́ a de Hostos Community College, The City University of New York, New York, NY, United States * aamnie@ho stos.cun y.edu Abstract Introduction We investigated the impact of two round of mass drug administration on trachoma preva- lence in Plateau and Nasarawa States of Nigeria. In the absence of significant activities pertaining to facial cleanliness and environmen tal sanitation components of the SAFE strategy in the intervention areas, the observed deep reductions in prevalence could mainly be attributed to mass drug administration. [...]two rounds of mass azithromycin administration may be as effective as guideline-rec ommended three or more rounds in reducing active tra- choma prevalence but findings should be replicated in more robustly designed studies. Nigeria like all other developing countries in the world has a number of public health challenges, including a disproportionately large concentration of the health workforce in urban tertiary health care services, and the presence of multiple government-regulated health care delivery systems: orthodox, alternative, and traditional, with varying degrees of access and levels of service deliv- ery [7].