Contact. Trachoma, Find an Expert. University Home Search Search Search Find an Expert Sort by Search for experts, by name or research topic 1 - 10 of 19 search results for trachoma Hugh Taylor (Melbourne School of Population and Global Health) Research Interests / Expertise Blindness preventionEye healthIndigenous Eye HealthIndigenous Eye HealthIndigenous healthPublic health and health economicsTrachoma Matching Publications Flies and trachoma Trachoma surveillance in Australia, 2009. Matching Research Contact Details phone: 0417017037|03 83449320 after hours:Media Only (login required) email:h.taylor@unimelb.edu.au Jill Keeffe (Ophthalmology Eye and Ear Hospital) Population Health - Ophthalmology Trachoma in the Pacific Islands: evidence from Trachoma rapid assessment Trachoma surveillance annual report, 2008.
Phone: +61 3 9929 8375 email:jill.keeffe@unimelb.edu.au Shyamali Dharmage (Melbourne School of Population and Global Health) Trachoma surveillance in Australia, 2009. Richard Le Mesurier (Ophthalmology Eye and Ear Hospital) AM - Swimming pool changes lives in Indigenous NT community. TONY EASTLEY: Visit any Aboriginal community in Australia and you'll find a string of social problems – poverty, unemployment or poor health – but sometimes it's the simplest solutions that bring the biggest results. And in one Northern Territory community, Ngukurr, the local swimming pool is helping transform the lives of its children. So much so, even the Federal Government is promoting the community's policy of "no school, no pool". AM'sAnne Barker has just been to Ngukurr, and filed this report. (Sound of children splashing) ANNE BARKER: It's school holidays and for the kids of Ngukurr in East Arnhem Land, the local swimming pool is the place to be.
A team of swimming coaches is visiting from Sydney, to teach them about exercise and nutrition, and the Head Coach, Kate Brennan, says she's amazed at the kids' enthusiasm. KATE BRENNAN: The other morning kids came up and were knocking on our window at 7am. (To the children) And when we have our face in the water we blow… KIDS: Bubbles! Indigenous Eye Health on Vimeo. Trachoma in Australia | The Medical Journal of Australia. Trachoma is a disease that has been with us from antiquity. It is discussed in ancient Egyptian texts written on papyrus and in even earlier writings from ancient China. Chronic infection with the trachoma organism, Chlamydia trachomatis, can lead to blindness. The disease came to prominence in Europe during the Napoleonic wars, when tens of thousands of British and French troops returned with trachoma after fighting in Egypt.
It spread rapidly through the armies of Europe, where the troops lived in crowded and insanitary barracks. Most of all, trachoma was a disease of the urban slums. Trachoma was rampant throughout Europe and North America in the 19th century. The early European settlers of Australia brought trachoma with them. However, with the poor housing conditions of the early settlers, and with the heat, dirt and flies of Australia, trachoma (or "sandy blight" as it was often called) became widespread and well known. The same happened in other developed countries.
3/ IEH’s work in eliminating Trachoma in Australia and questions. “Chlamydia and Trachoma – Will they ever disappear?” Dr Anthony Solomon | LCNTDR. 1/ Chlamydia and Trachoma. Ms Carleigh Cowling | UNSW - The Kirby Institute for infection and immunity in society. Untitled. Untitled. Measuring Trachomatous Inflammation-Intense (TI) When Prevalence Is Low Provides Data on Infection With Chlamydia trachomatis. Researchgate.
Trachoma prevention and management. Trachoma: Read Treatment and Symptom Information. Trachoma Treatment and Prevention The World Health Organization has targeted trachoma for elimination by 2020 through an innovative, multi-faceted public health strategy known as S.A.F.E.: Surgery to correct the advanced, blinding stage of the disease (trichiasis),Antibiotics to treat active infection,Facial cleanliness and,Environmental improvements in the areas of water and sanitation to reduce disease transmission The comprehensive SAFE strategy combines measures for the treatment of active infection and trichiasis (S&A) with preventive measures to reduce disease transmission (F&E).
The "F" in the SAFE strategy refers to facial cleanliness. The "E" in the SAFE strategy refers to environmental change. Australia on track to eliminate blinding trachoma, but children in hotspots remain at risk | UNSW - The Kirby Institute for infection and immunity in society. Overall prevalence of trachoma in Australia is declining as a result of strengthened control programs, according to early release findings from the 2015 Australian Trachoma Surveillance Report issued today by the Kirby Institute at UNSW Australia. These results come as experts from across the globe gather in Sydney for the 20th meeting of the World Health Organization Alliance for the Global Elimination of Trachoma, to take stock of progress and discuss the roadmap to eliminate trachoma globally by 2020.
Many countries have succeeded in substantially reducing the burden of trachoma in their populations. Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness in the world, and is entirely preventable. In Australia it continues to be found in remote and very remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia. A copy of the Early Release Findings can be downloaded below. Image: : Indigenous Eye Health, University of Melbourne. Researchgate. Early Release Findings 2015 Australian Trachoma Surveillance Report. GET2020 2018 Global Final. 3.2 Importance of Trachoma In Indigenous Populations. This section describes trachoma and its impact on Indigenous populations in Australia using the parameters for measuring the importance of a health related event and the public surveillance system with which it is monitored, as set out in the CDC Guidelines21. 3.2.1 Indices of frequency The most recent estimate (2008), suggests that there are currently about 40 million people with active trachoma and 8.2 million with trichiasis worldwide22.
The global burden of disease from trachoma was estimated by Frick et al23, who reported that, in 2000, annual disability-adjusted life years (DALYs)24 was 3.6 million (note that the authors excluded YLL because they considered the estimate to be unreliable), with 72% of these DALYs occurring within sub-Saharan Africa and 80% of lifetime DALYs occurring in women. Furthermore, trachoma is reported to contribute 4% of the global burden of blindness25. Figure 3.1: Prevalence of active trachoma in Australia, children 1-9 years, 2008 3.2.5 Preventability. Australian trachoma surveillance annual report, 2013. Carleigh S Cowling, Bette C Liu, Thomas L Snelling, James S Ward, John M Kaldor, David P Wilson Abstract Australia remains the only developed country to have endemic levels of trachoma (a prevalence of 5% or greater among children) in some regions.
Endemic trachoma in Australia is found predominantly in remote and very remote Aboriginal communities. The Australian Government funds the National Trachoma Surveillance and Reporting Unit to collate, analyse and report trachoma prevalence data and document trachoma control strategies in Australia through an annual surveillance report. This report presents data collected in 2013. Data are collected from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities designated at-risk for endemic trachoma within New South Wales, the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia.
Top of page Introduction Trachoma control in Australia Australia is the only high-income country where trachoma is endemic. Methods Northern Territory South Australia Results. Trachoma. - PubMed - NCBI. Trachoma in Australia: an evaluation of the SAFE strategy and the barriers to its implementation. Home page. Endtrachoma2020 | ENDTRACHOMA. Resources for Rotarians This is a very significant project in Rotary Australia's history, and Australia's history.
There is work to do! Our Australian Centennial project needs your support on the ground to mobilise Rotarians and communicate the value of our project to clubs and communities. We have recruited 18 out of 21 District Trachoma Champions to engage club support across Australia to EndTrachoma by 2020. If you are interested in working with us, with Rotary International President 2017-18 Ian Riseley and Zone Director Noel Trevaskis, with Rotary clubs around Australia to Make a Difference to communities within our own country, and make history in Rotary in Australia, and history in Australia, contact your District's Trachoma Champion to find out how. Visit our CONTACT page to find out who your District Trachoma Champions is. Milpa the Goanna is a mascot for healthy eyes and good health across the Northern Territory: Indigenous Eye Health 2017 EndTrachoma by 2020 Newsletter: Issue 1. Fighting Trachoma in Indigenous Australia.
Trachoma, a leading cause of preventable blindness globally, disappeared from developed countries last century, with one exception: Australia. Plenty of developing nations have eliminated this infectious eye disease. Just last month Cambodia announced that trachoma was no longer a public health problem. Countries like Myanmar, Morocco and Mexico have banished trachoma, while affluent Australia lags behind, together with nations such as Ethiopia and Afghanistan. Removed from mainstream Australian society a century ago, the eye disease persists at endemic levels in remote Indigenous communities.
Enjoying this article? Click here to subscribe for full access. Just $5 a month. Trachoma can be traced back to biblical times. It is a disease of the disadvantaged. Closing the Gap is a long-term government initiative to reduce inequality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, for example, addressing shorter life expectancy, higher child mortality rates, and poorer health. 3.2 Importance of Trachoma In Indigenous Populations. Sehg3. Researchgate. Australian trachoma surveillance annual report, 2013. Effect of swimming pools on antibiotic use and clinic attendance for infections in two Aboriginal communities in Western Australia | The Medical Journal of Australia.
To the Editor: Roe and McDermott recently noted that the health benefits of swimming pools demonstrated by Silva and colleagues1 may be more modest than reported.2 Our initial observations from a remote South Australian Aboriginal community support this observation, but there are also many difficulties with study implementation that may introduce biases. 2. Roe Y, McDermott RA. Effect of swimming pools on antibiotic use and clinic attendance for infections in two Aboriginal communities in Western Australia [letter]. Med J Aust 2009; 190: 602. 1. A swimming pool was constructed during 2007 as a result of a community-led initiative.
We aimed to examine every child in the community aged 1–10 years; 45/56 (80%), 46/62 (74%) and 59/64 (92%) children were examined at each of the three visits. Our findings highlight the importance of avoiding complacency once a single intervention, such as a swimming pool, has been put in place. Trachoma in remote Indigenous Australia: a review and public health perspective. - PubMed - NCBI. It’s a fallacy that all Australians have access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene. Nations are gathering in New York this week to discuss the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which aim to improve health, wealth and well-being for countries both rich and poor. As a developed nation, it might be assumed that Australia will easily meet these new goals at home – including goal number 6, to ensure “availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all”. But the unpalatable truth is that many Australians still lack access to clean water and effective sanitation.
The World Bank’s Development Indicators list Australia as having 100% access to clean water and effective sanitation. But a discussion paper we released last week with our colleagues outlines how some remote Aboriginal communities struggle to meet Australian water standards. Making water safe High standards of health and well-being are unattainable without safe, clean drinking water, removal of toilet waste from the local environment, and healthy hygiene behaviours. The World Today - Swimming pools: the solution to trachoma? ELEANOR HALL: The infectious eye disease, trachoma, is seen as a disease of the developing world and has caused blindness and severe scarring in tens of millions of people. But it's Australia's Indigenous communities that have the highest rate of trachoma in the world. Indeed, only in the highlands of Ethiopia does the population come anywhere close to having a rate of trachoma comparable with Indigenous Australians.
But trachoma is a relatively easy disease to eradicate, and this week one of Australia's leading eye surgeons is visiting communities in the Top End to campaign for a very simple solution – swimming pools. This report from the ABC's Northern Australia Correspondent, Anne Barker. ANNE BARKER: When it comes to mainstream Australia, trachoma was eradicated a century ago. But in Indigenous communities right across Australia, trachoma is widespread among children and adults, causing scarring and inturned eyelashes, and eventually blindness. Correcting myths a4. The cost of mapping trachoma: Data from the Global Trachoma Mapping Project. Abstract Background The Global Trachoma Mapping Project (GTMP) was implemented with the aim of completing the baseline map of trachoma globally.
Over 2.6 million people were examined in 1,546 districts across 29 countries between December 2012 and January 2016. The aim of the analysis was to estimate the unit cost and to identify the key cost drivers of trachoma prevalence surveys conducted as part of GTMP. Methodology and principal findings In-country and global support costs were obtained using GTMP financial records. Conclusion This study provides the most extensive analysis of the cost of conducting trachoma prevalence surveys to date. Author summary There are currently few data sets available to aid programmes in planning and budgeting for population-based surveys in low- and middle- income countries.
Citation: Trotignon G, Jones E, Engels T, Schmidt E, McFarland DA, Macleod CK, et al. (2017) The cost of mapping trachoma: Data from the Global Trachoma Mapping Project. Introduction. CERA NTSRU TrachomaSurveillanceReport2006. Trachoma epidemiology data - 2017 update. Trachoma epidemiology data - 2017 update. Geographical targeting | Global Atlas of Trachoma. Assessing the burden of trachoma The proportion of individuals showing clinical signs of trachoma (prevalence) amongst specific age groups in a district remains the key indicator for guiding trachoma control programs.
Survey Methodologies Population-based prevalence surveys (PBPS) give a representative estimate of the population at risk within a district, usually using a cluster randomized design. Other survey methodologies, such as the trachoma rapid assessment (TRA), preferentially sample the most vulnerable individuals from within communities at the highest risk. How is targeting done Control decisions and geographical targeting of SAFE components are currently made at the district level. Global Trachoma Atlas | Global Atlas of Trachoma.
Multimedia. IEH | TSK Downloads : Melbourne School of Population and Global Health. Trachoma resource booklet. Books. Art Mural and Hip Hop Project. About trachoma. Trachoma is the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness and one of 20 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) that affect over 1 billion of the world’s poorest people. It is caused by the bacterium chlamydia trachomatis. The bacteria are spread through contact with eye discharge from an infected person – via hands, towels, sheets and, in some cases, eye-seeking flies, and thrive where there is poor sanitation and limited access to water for personal hygiene. Repeated infection damages the eyelids causing the eyelashes turn inwards and rub painfully against the eyeball surface. This advanced stage of the disease, trachomatous trichiasis, is extremely painful and has a profoundly negative impact on an individual’s quality of life.
Trichiasis can be corrected by eyelid surgery, however if left untreated it may lead to irreversible low vision and blindness. Find out more about the SAFE strategy Trachoma - a devastating infectious eye disease made by Dr Ranil Appuhamy. “Chlamydia and Trachoma – Will they ever disappear?” Ending avoidable blindness. Fact check: Has trachoma among Indigenous kids fallen from 20pc to 4pc? - Fact Check. Indigenous Eye Health (IEH) | NACCHO Aboriginal Health News Alerts. Mapping trachoma to eliminate blindness. Australian trachoma surveillance annual report, 2013. IEH Newsletter June 2018 FINAL. Trachoma disease - causes & treatment - Fred Hollows. The prevalence of trachoma in Australia: the National Indigenous Eye Health Survey | The Medical Journal of Australia. Public Health at a Glance - Trachoma. Indigenous Eye Health Program | Harold Mitchell Foundation.
Centre for Eye Research Australia - Trachoma Grading. 3 New Trachoma 'Clean Faces, Strong Eyes' Music Videos. Sean Choolburra LIVE on Big Breaky. Sean Choolburra uses comedy to combat trachoma. | CAAMA Radio. Trachoma: Making an impact - melbournefc.com.au. Trachoma resource booklet. Melbourne’s fight against eye health crisis - The Victorian Connection. Multimedia. Areyonga Art Mural Project - "Kuru Kunpu Yunpa Palyjintja" Background. Developing the Resources. KT and Severance Hospital Develop Mobile App for Trachoma Patients. A vision for preventing blindness in Indigenous communities. Funding gaps could lead to trachoma resurgence – Indigenous health experts | Australia news.
140 Countries Represented at WOC2018 - IAPB. Guest Editorial: Professor Hugh Taylor | The Lowitja Institute. Castledine, Hannah C8 1. Australian Trachoma Surveillance Reports | UNSW - The Kirby Institute for infection and immunity in society. Budget 2009: Over $200 million for closing the gap in Indigenous health. Transcript 16436 | PM Transcripts. Trachoma in remote Indigenous Australia: a review and public health perspective - Warren - 2016 - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.
The impact of health promotion on trachoma knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) of staff in three work settings in remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory. Eliminating Trachoma - Accelerating Towards 2020. Clean Faces, Strong Eyes - Accueil. Fiona Lange. Bio Lange, Fiona. Dr Anthony Solomon – Can we eliminate trachoma as a public health problem worldwide by 2020? | UNSW - The Kirby Institute for infection and immunity in society.
Ms Carleigh Cowling | UNSW - The Kirby Institute for infection and immunity in society. Prof Hugh Taylor - Eye Inspire : Eye Inspire. Professor Hugh R Taylor AC. Laureate Professor Hugh Taylor AC - Latest research stories and news. Archive. Q&A with Professor Hugh Taylor AC on Trachoma | Vision 2020 Australia. New research shows indigenous eye health ‘sadly neglected’ across the world | Vision 2020 Australia. Indigenous eye health on track to close the gap | Vision 2020 Australia. Trachoma disease - causes & treatment - Fred Hollows. Trachoma. Indigenous eye health: Blindness, trachoma rates improve dramatically, but more work needed.