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This study aimed to systematically summarize the magnitude of active trachoma among children aged 1\u20139 in Ethiopia from 2019\u20132024.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec021\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The review was prospectively registered on PROSPERO (Registration number: CRD42024514026). Database searches were conducted on Google Scholar, SCOPUS, PubMed, EMBASE, and Africans Journals Online (AJOL) for studies published between January 2019\u201331-March-2024 and with restriction to articles published only in English. Data extraction was done using a pre-prepared Excel sheet. STATA version 17 was used to perform the analysis. Heterogeneity between studies was assessed using I\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      statistics and Cochrane Q. Qualitative synthesis was done to summarize the studies and random effect model was used to estimate the Pooled magnitude of active trachoma with a corresponding 95% confidence interval.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec022\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 17 studies with 19793 subjects were included in the meta-analysis. The pooled magnitude of active trachoma among children aged 1\u20139 years was found to be 18.4% (95% CI: 13.88, 22.91). We found a statistically significant heterogeneity between studies. Among the regions, Southwest region was found to have the highest magnitude (44.1%) (95%CI: 41.8%, 46.4%) and Dire Dawa was found to have the lowest (4.3%) (95%CI: 2.9%, 5.7%).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec023\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The magnitude of active trachoma is still higher than the World Health Organization (WHO) target for elimination. There was significant interregional difference in magnitude of active trachoma. 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