Table 1.

Summary of regional AFE activities implemented for trachoma control, Amhara, Ethiopia, 2016–2019

Activity	2016	2017	2018	2019
Number of people treated with azithromycin®	15,016,928	14,248,325	13,650,639	14,138,710
Number of people treated with tetracycline eye ointment	323,218	305,358	304,430	325,341
Median number of cumulative MDA rounds	8 (IQR: 8–9)	9 (IQR: 8–10)	10 (IQR: 9–11)	11 (IQR: 9–11)
Antibiotic coverage*	94.5% (SD: 4.2%)	91.7% (SD: 7.0%)	89.3% (SD: 8.3%)	89.3% (SD: 8.7%)
School teachers trained for STP†	3,468	5,092	–	8,709
Schools enrolled in STP	8,384	8,384	8,465	8,677
School children assessed for facial cleanliness	46,104	160,605	200,025	149,545
Clean face school children	92.4%	90.1%	89.0%	89.0%
Village children assessed for facial cleanliness	6,050	16,714	15,360	13,504
Clean face village children	77.0%	77.0%	79.0%	75.0%
Trained hygiene and environmental health officers	–	292	–	368
New household latrines	484,475	111,018	872,801	495,155

AFE = antibiotic, facial cleanliness, and environmental improvement; IQR = interquartile range; STP = school trachoma program.

^*Data taken from administrative reports of programmatic antibiotic coverage.

^†Teachers were trained in 2016 and 2017, and then after that training is to occur every other year, which is why no teachers were trained in 2018.