MA Muhit, SP Shah, CE Gilbert, A Foster - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2007 - bjo.bmj.com Results: 1935 SVI/BL children were recruited. The median age was 132 months, and boys accounted
for 63.1% of the sample. The main site of abnormality was lens (32.5%), mainly unoperated
cataract, followed by corneal pathology (26.6%) and disorders of the whole eye (13.1%). ... Cited by 17 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
K Kalua, D Patel, M Muhit, P Courtright - Eye, 2008 - nature.com In total, 44 KIs were selected and trained to cover 196 villages in Ngabu. They identified and
referred 151 children, 37 of whom were blind (presenting vision <3/60 best eye). Overall, village
leaders tended to choose female KIs (80%) compared to male KIs (20%); however, male ... Cited by 4 - Related articles - All 3 versions
P Courtright, T Williams, C Gilbert, E Kishiki, S … - British Medical …, 2008 - bjo.bmj.com Methods: Information on all children receiving surgery for congenital/developmental cataract
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P Gogate, C Gilbert - Globe - cehjournal.org Many of the causes of childhood blindness are avoidable, being either preventable or
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M Muhit - Comm Eye Health J, 2007 - cehjournal.org The method involves using volunteers who know their community well, whether through their
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P Gogate, C Gilbert - Revue de Santé Oculaire Communautaire, 2008 - cehjournal.org Bien des causes de cécité infantile sont en fait évitables, c'est-à-dire qu'elles peuvent être prévenues
ou traitées1. Les enfants ne représentent que 3 % des aveugles dans le monde. Toutefois, ces
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P Courtright, S Lewallen - Community Eye Health, 2007 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Although data from local clinics, districts, and individual countries would be very useful to demonstrate
the magnitude of the gender imbalance, these are often not available. However, you can still
use global data, such as reports from the World Health Organization (WHO), 8 to inform ... Related articles - All 6 versions
AM Mohammad - Community Eye Health, 2007 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov The method involves using volunteers who know their community well, whether through their
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[CITATION] The Pattern of Childhood Blindness in Karnataka, South India
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