A cost-analysis of conducting population-based prevalence surveys for the validation of the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in Amhara, Ethiopia

• Randall P. Slaven ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: randall.slaven@cartercenter.org

  Affiliation The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3747-6937

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• Aisha E. P. Stewart,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Mulat Zerihun,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Carter Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Eshetu Sata,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Carter Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Tigist Astale,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Carter Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Berhanu Melak,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Carter Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Melsew Chanyalew,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Amhara Regional Health Bureau, Bahir Dar, Amhara, Ethiopia

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• Demelash Gessese,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Carter Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Paul M. Emerson,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Trachoma Initiative, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6478-8816

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• Zerihun Tadesse,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Carter Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• E. Kelly Callahan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Scott D. Nash,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Deborah A. McFarland

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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