- ►nih.gov [PDF] - Free from Publisher VH Ho, IR Schwab - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2001 - bjo.bmj.com METHODS Available epidemiological data on worldwide visual loss and its causes
compiled by the World Health Organization were reviewed. Findings were compared
with economic development data from the involved countries and regions. ... Cited by 45 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
S Resnikoff, R Pararajasegaram - Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2001 - SciELO Public Health Since its inception over 50 years ago, and beginning with trachoma control, WHO
has spearheaded efforts to assist Member States to meet the challenge of
needless blindness. Since the establishment of theWHO Programme for the ... Cited by 45 - Related articles - Cached - BL Direct - All 13 versions
- ►nih.gov [PDF] - Free from Publisher R Dandona, L Dandona - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2001 - bjo.bmj.com Globally there is increasing concern for the health of the poor and for
reduction in health inequalities.2 3 Inequalities refer to relative health
status. In simple terms, this is a measure of how worse off the ... Cited by 32 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►v2020la.org [PDF] KD Frick, A Foster - American Journal of Ophthalmology, 2003 - Elsevier To identify the potential effect on global economic productivity of successful
interventions, that are planned as part of the “VISION 2020—right to
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B Thylefors - Community Eye Health, 1998 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Cataract stands out as the first priority amongst the major causes of blindness,
with an estimated present backlog of 16-20 mil- lion unoperated cases. The
number of cataract operations/million population/per year is a useful ... Cited by 161 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 12 versions
- ►nih.gov [PDF] MM Rabiu - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2001 - bjo.bmj.com METHODS 1461 people out of 1924 registered eligible people were examined. The
study population was chosen by two stage cluster random sampling. In the first
sampling stage 15 villages were randomly chosen while in the final stage ... Cited by 42 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
- ►nih.gov [PDF] A Foster, G Johnson - British journal of ophthalmology, 1993 - bjo.bmj.com 1 Karpe G. Basis of clinical electroretinography. Acta Ophthalmol 1945; 24
(suppl): 1-118. 2 The International Society for Clinical Electroretinography
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- ►ajtmh.org KD Frick, CL Hanson, GA Jacobson - The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2003 - ASTMH Interest in the economics of trachoma is high because of the refinement of a
strategy to control trachomatous blindness, an ongoing global effort to
eliminate incident blindness from trachoma by 2020, and an azithromycin ... Cited by 22 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
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A Sommer - Annual review of public health, 1996 - Annual Reviews Visually disabling diseases are particularly topical as we grapple with new ways
to deliver health services, recognize the imperative of functional status and
its impact on quality of life, and seek new opportunities for prevention. ... Cited by 10 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
