Research Projects


Ongoing Researchs

1 A longitudinal study of trachoma infection clearance and re-acquisition in a persistently hyperendemic setting (ATIRA)

2 Mainstreaming Primary Eye Care Interventions into Primary Health Care System in Ethiopia (MAIPEC)

3 Ethiopia Trachoma Adaptive Trial DAC Trial Planning Grant

4 Kebele Elimination of Trachoma for Ocular Health (KETFO)

5 Integrated Management of Presbyopia in Rural Ethiopia (IMPiRE)

Completed Researchs

1 Trachoma and Mental Health

2 Integrating Neglected Tropical Disease Campaign
Interventions into the Primary Health Care System (INCIPS)

3 Determinants of Eye Health Services Utilization (DESU)

4 Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB) Survey

Publications

Why does research matter?
COVID-19 and eye care services in Ethiopia

Small-scale eye care research: why and how to do it

Trachoma and Relative Poverty: A Case-Control Study

Posterior lamellar versus bilamellar tarsal rotation surgery for trachomatous trichiasis

Mainstreaming NTD Campaign Interventions Into the Primary Health Care System

Mainstreaming control interventions for neglected tropical diseases into the health system: a scoping review protocol

Cross-cultural adaptation of the 5-Question Stigma Indicators in trachoma-affected communities, Ethiopia

Challenges and Strategies for Mainstreaming Neglected Tropical Diseases Campaign Interventions in Ethiopia

Prevalence of Ocular Chlamydia trachomatis and Active Trachoma among Children in Merhabete District, Amhara, Ethiopia