[Perception of the problem of trachoma in Vietnam].

Abstract

Trachoma was severe in Viet-Nam before 2nd World War and was still severe a long time after. Years of fight allowed to ameliorate noticeably the state of this important blinding endemic disease. From 1986, according to the data, Trachoma decreased noticeably as, generally speaking, the prevalence of this illness cases is decreasing progressively. Trachoma also lose its intensity, its clinical picture becoming more moderated, its complications being less frequent. In this text, you will find some aquisitions in the study of the Trachoma in Viet-Nam on epidemiologic, clinico-pathologic and therapeutic points of view and concerning the various stages of Vietnamese experience in front of Trachoma.