title: Assessment of Trachoma in Cambodia: Trachoma Is Not a Public Health Problem.
abstract: To determine whether trachoma is a public health problem requiring intervention in Cambodia.
  
  
  
  Based on historical evidence and reports, 14 evaluation units (EUs) in Cambodia, judged to be most likely to harbor trachoma, were selected. The Global Trachoma Mapping Project methodology was used to carry out rigorous surveys to determine the prevalence of trachomatous inflammation-follicular (TF) and trichiasis in each EU.
  
  
  
  The EU-level prevalence of TF among 25,801 1-9-year-old children examined ranged from 0% to 0.2%. Among the 24,502 adults aged 15+ years examined, trichiasis was found in 59 people. Age- and sex-adjusted prevalences of trichiasis in all ages in the EUs studied ranged from 0% to 0.14%; five EUs had a prevalence of trichiasis ≥0.1%.
  
  
  
  There appears to be no need nor justification at this time for implementing public health measures to control trachoma in Cambodia.
authors.affiliation: a Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital , Phnom Penh , Cambodia.
authors.forename: Ngy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.affiliation: a Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital , Phnom Penh , Cambodia.
authors.forename: Do
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Seiha
authors.affiliation: b Preah Ang Doung Hospital , Phnom Penh , Cambodia.
authors.forename: Pok
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thorn
authors.affiliation: c Task Force for Global Health , Atlanta , GA , USA.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Willis
authors.affiliation: d Clinical Research Department , London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine , London , UK.
authors.forename: Rebecca M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Flueckiger
authors.affiliation: e Michael Dejene Public Health Consultancy Services , Addis Ababa , Ethiopia.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dejene
authors.affiliation: f Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology International , Cape Town , South Africa.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lewallen
authors.affiliation: f Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology International , Cape Town , South Africa.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Courtright
authors.affiliation: d Clinical Research Department , London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine , London , UK.
authors.forename: Anthony W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Solomon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002160:Cambodia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011634:Public Health; D014141:Trachoma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D058457:Trichiasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cambodia; Global Trachoma Mapping Project; eye health; trachoma; trichiasis