Interventions for Trachoma

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Age Cohort: 12 - 24 years

Health Promotion	Disease Prevention	Diagnostic	Curative	Rehabilitative	Palliative
Community Level
Health education and awareness craetion on Trachoma Education on personal hygiene including hand and facial hygiene /cleanliness commuity health workers training on Trachoma including prevention measures	Improvement in community Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Preventive chemotherapy with Azithromycin (AZM) (starting from age 2) Primary prevention through screening communities for the presence of trachoma in children 1-9 years of age. (when over 10 % are found to have clinical disease the entire community is treated with antibiotics)		Promote adherence to medicaton Adminsatration of the medication (Chemotherapy with Azithromycin (AZM)) as per prescription		Psychosocial support support for evry day activities especailly for those with complications such as blindness Counselling Spiritual support
Primary Care
Health education and awareness craetion on Trachoma Education on personal hygiene including hand and facial hygiene /cleanliness Health workers training on Trachoma including prevention measures	Improvement in community Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Preventive chemotherapy with Azithromycin (AZM) (starting from age 2) Primary prevention through screening communities for the presence of trachoma in children 1-9 years of age. (when over 10 % are found to have clinical disease the entire community is treated with antibiotics)		Physical and clinical examination Medication ---Chemotherapy with Azithromycin (AZM)	Advise /guidance on sion of close support for daily activities incase of blindness complication Linkage to rehbiliation centre Linkage to appropriate schools --eg school with facilities for visually impaired	Psychosocial support support for evry day activities especailly for those with complications such as blindness Counselling Spiritual support
Referral Facility: General
Health education and awareness craetion on Trachoma Education on personal hygiene including hand and facial hygiene /cleanliness Health workers training on Trachoma inckuding its management and prevention measures	Improvement in community Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Preventive chemotherapy with Azithromycin (AZM) (starting from age 2) Primary prevention through screening communities for the presence of trachoma in children 1-9 years of age. (when over 10 % are found to have clinical disease the entire community is treated with antibiotics)		Physical and clinical examination _ Medication --Chemotherapy with Azithromycin (AZM) Trichiasis surgery for trachoma	Visual rehabilitation /provision of visual aids Provide close support for daily activities incase of blindness complication Linkage to rehbiliation centre Linkage to appropriate schools --eg school with facilities for visually impaired	Psychosocial support support for evry day activities especailly for those with complications such as blindness Counselling Spiritual support
Referral Facility: Specialist
Health education and awareness craetion on Trachoma Education on personal hygiene including hand and facial hygiene /cleanliness Health workers training on Trachoma inckuding its management and prevention measures	Improvement in community Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Preventive chemotherapy with Azithromycin (AZM) (starting from age 2) Primary prevention through screening communities for the presence of trachoma in children 1-9 years of age. (when over 10 % are found to have clinical disease the entire community is treated with antibiotics)		Physical and clinical examination _ Medication --Chemotherapy with Azithromycin (AZM) Trichiasis surgery for trachoma	Visual rehabilitation /provision of visual aids Provide close support for daily activities incase of blindness complication Linkage to rehbiliation centre Linkage to appropriate schools --eg school with facilities for visually impaired	Psychosocial support support for evry day activities especailly for those with complications such as blindness Counselling Spiritual support

Age Cohort: Pregnancy and newborn

Health Promotion	Disease Prevention	Diagnostic	Curative	Rehabilitative	Palliative
Community Level

Primary Care

Referral Facility: General
	Improvement in community Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
Referral Facility: Specialist
	Improvement in community Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)