Trachoma Clinical Signs Prevalence in Colombian Regions

Colombian regions including Vaupés, Guainía, Caquetá, and Orinoquía are the focus of this dataset. It contains the prevalence of the main clinical signs of trachoma, a public health problem, based on surveys conducted by Julián Trujillo-Trujillo. The data is licensed under CC-BY-4.0 and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Estimate trachoma disease burden based on clinical sign prevalence data.
• Identify shared risk factors for trachoma across different geographic clusters.
• Plan and evaluate public health interventions for trachoma control.
• Analyze survey methodology for sampling households and randomly selecting clusters.

Strengths

• Data is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
• File size is 5.5 KB, indicating a lightweight, focused dataset.
• Last update timestamp is provided (2026-03-17).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Julián Trujillo-Trujillo via figshare.

Collection Method

Likely contains data from prevalence surveys conducted using a sampling frame with randomly selected clusters and households.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-17 17:51:30; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely includes Colombian regions such as Vaupés, Guainía, Caquetá, and Orinoquía.