Trachoma 2004

1- Distribution area:

• Wilayas of Tagant

2- Organization:

• 12 frontal teams, 2 absentee sweep teams, 1 awareness team, 1 supervisory team, 16 vehicles involved.

3- Results:

• People affected: 61,979 or 9,233 households
• Absentees: 4,479
• People treated: 56,984

4- Products distributed:

• Tablets: 159,540 (110 boxes + 38 cases = 5,280 boxes destroyed on 04/07/2004)
• Syrup: 3,310 bottles (packaging destroyed on 04/07/2004) (140,000 ml)

5- Kilometers traveled:

• 91,661,568 km recorded and geo-referenced

6- Awareness raising:

• 46 bush cinema sessions, estimated audience of 150 per evening or 7,000 people reached
• 49 daytime mobile sessions, number of people reached estimated at 50,000
• Posters put up: 10,000

• 7- Operation duration:
• 52 days (from 16 May to 4 July 2004)