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Trachoma Resources | MMDP Project

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Trichiasis Surgery for Trachoma, 2nd Edition. World Health Organization, 2015. This 2015 version of the World Health Organization’s training manual for trichiasis surgeons the Yellow Book - covers the knowledge and skills needed by surgeons, and assessment of trainees. Complete with illustrations and checklists, the manual is intended for both trainers and trainees. Chirurgie du trichiasis trachomateux, Seconde Edition. Organisation Mondiale de la Santé, 2015. Organizing Trichiasis Surgical Outreach.

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Lymphatic Filariasis Resources | MMDP Project

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Lymphatic Filariasis Patient Identification Job Aid. A two-page, illustrated guide to identifying cases of lymphedema and hydrocele in the community. Lymphedema Management Guide Part 1 - Learner’s Guide: Training module on community home-based prevention of disability due to lymphatic filariasis. World Health Organization, March 2003. Lymphedema Management Guide Part 2 - Tutor’s Guide: Training module on community home-based prevention of disability due to lymphatic filariasis. Lymphedema Management Guid...

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Ending Suffering from Trachoma, One Surgery at a Time | MMDP Project

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Ending Suffering from Trachoma, One Surgery at a Time. By John Uniack Davis - December 13, 2016. Christine undergoes trichiasis surgery. The drape over her face and the surgeon’s gloves, robe, face mask and cap help maintain the sterility of the surgical field. Before the surgery, I was always in pain and I couldn’t see properly. I was afraid to go outside. I rarely socialized. We had a good rainy season this year, but I wasn’t able to harvest anything. Yaaba (grandmother) Christine is 67 years old and l...

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Trachoma Resources | MMDP Project

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Trichiasis Surgery for Trachoma, 2nd Edition. World Health Organization, 2015. This 2015 version of the World Health Organization’s training manual for trichiasis surgeons the Yellow Book - covers the knowledge and skills needed by surgeons, and assessment of trainees. Complete with illustrations and checklists, the manual is intended for both trainers and trainees. Chirurgie du trichiasis trachomateux, Seconde Edition. Organisation Mondiale de la Santé, 2015. Organizing Trichiasis Surgical Outreach.

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Cameroon | MMDP Project

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Cameroon’s trichiasis cases are concentrated in the dry and desert-like North and Far North regions bordering Nigeria and Chad. The MMDP Project is supporting the government’s efforts to increase the number of trained surgeons and the availability of trichiasis management services in these areas. Major Activities in 2017. Following four trichiasis surgery campaigns in 2016 that screened more than 15,500 people and provided surgery for 445 in selected districts of Cameroon’s North and Far North regions, t...

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Monitoring and Evaluation | MMDP Project

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Carefully designed and rigorously implemented monitoring and evaluation systems are key to tracking progress toward trachoma and lymphatic filariasis elimination goals. To reinforce national systems, the MMDP Project builds upon each country’s existing data collection and reporting tools, providing technical support in the collection and interpretation of data used by countries to guide their disease elimination programs. Tracking Geographic Coverage of TT Management Services. The MMDP Project is pilotin...

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For Trichiasis Surgeons, It Helps to Learn from a Dummy | MMDP Project

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For Trichiasis Surgeons, It Helps to Learn from a Dummy. By Mary Houghton - May 20, 2016. Removable eye cartridges let trainees examine their work. (Photo: Carla Johnson). Not long ago, people learning to perform trichiasis surgery practiced their cutting and suturing skills on oranges. From orange rinds, they went straight to live surgery. The result was HEAD START, a brown-eyed, silicone mannequin that gazes patiently upward as students swath it in sterile drapes and cut into its orbicularis muscle, ta...

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A Mannequin Named FASTT Joins the Fight against Lymphatic Filariasis | MMDP Project

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A Mannequin Named FASTT Joins the Fight against Lymphatic Filariasis. By Mary Houghton - June 29, 2016. Surgeons practice their skills on FASTT during pilot testing in Burkina Faso in June 2016. In the coming year, the four surgeons who participated two from Burkina Faso and two from Ethiopia - will serve as national hydrocelectomy master trainers in their countries. (Photo: Zeina Sifri). It’s not hard to imagine the disability and shame suffered by men with hydrocele. Studies have documented their i...

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Staff | MMDP Project

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As director of the MMDP Project, Stefania Slabyj provides leadership and vision to the project, ensuring that the planning, quality, and impact of all programming and reporting efforts meet the highest international standards. She serves as the main collaborator with partners and sub-grantees, promoting standardization and harmonization in morbidity management approaches and best practices across countries. Ms Goldman has worked for Helen Keller International on neglected tropical disease control and eli...