versión impresa ISSN 0042-9686 Bull World Health Organ vol.79
no.3 Genebra ene. 2001 WHO has recently launched a programme
(GET 2020) for the elimination of trachoma, the leading cause of
preventable blindness. GET 2020 has adopted the SAFE strategy, a
comprehensive set of control measures (Surgery for entropion/
trichiasis; Antibiotics for infectious trachoma; Facial
cleanliness to reduce transmission; Environmental improvements
such as control of disease-spreading flies and access to clean
water). The present article reviews the strengths and weaknesses
of each component of the strategy. Although significant hurdles
remain to be overcome there is every reason to hope that GET
2020 will be successful. Keywords: Trachoma/surgery/drug
therapy/prevention and control; Meibomian glands/surgery;
Azithromycin/ therapeutic use; Hygiene; Environmental health
(source: MeSH). Mots clés:
Trachome/chirurgie/chimiothérapie/prévention et contrôle; Glande
meibomius/chirurgie; Azithromycine/ usage thérapeutique;
Hygiène; Hyg