Why do patients refuse trichiasis surgery? Lessons and an education initiative from Mtwara Region, Tanzania

• Katherine M. Gupta,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Jennifer C. Harding,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Helen Keller International, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1609-8340

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• Majid S. Othman,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kongwa Trachoma Project, Kongwa, Tanzania

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• Shannath L. Merbs,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Emily W. Gower

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: egower@unc.edu

  Affiliation Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1016-9910

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