S Lewallen, P Courtright - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2001 - bjo.bmj.com CONCLUSIONS Blindness prevalence rates vary widely but the evidence suggests
that approximately 1% of Africans are blind. The major cause is cataract;
trachoma and glaucoma are also important causes of blindness. The bulk of ... Cited by 70 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 12 versions
N Zerihun, D Mabey - Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 1997 - informahealthcare.com Department of Ophthalmology, Institute of Health Sciences, Jimma, Ethiopia and
'St. Thomas Hospital, London, UK 1 ... Abstract A population-based study on the
prevalence of blindness and low vision was carried out in Jimma Zone, south- ... Cited by 43 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
M Melese, W Alemayehu, E Friedlander, P … - Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2004 - cehjournal.org Melese M, Alemayehu W, Friedlander E, Courtright P. BACKGROUND: The prevalence
of blindness and visual impairment are high in Ethiopia and use of services is
limited. Determining the barriers to use of eye care services is critical ... Cited by 30 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 8 versions
PR Egbert - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2002 - bjo.bmj.com Although many similarities in glaucoma type, prevalence, and course exist in all
peoples in sub-Saharan Africa, it is important to remember that there are also
regional differences, presumably because of the obvious genetic ... Cited by 10 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►bmj.com M Melese, W Alemayehu, S Bayu, T Girma, T … - British Medical Journal, 2003 - bjo.bmj.com Results: From the enumerated population, 2693 (90.8%) were examined. The
prevalence of blindness (<3/60 better eye presenting vision) was 7.9% (95% CI
6.9 to 8.9) and of low vision (6/24–3/60 better eye presenting vision) ... Cited by 25 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
AP Rotchford, KM Rotchford, LP Mthethwa, … - Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2002 - interscience.wiley.com It is also possible that your web browser is not configured or not able to
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JC Silva, JB Bateman, F Contreras - Survey of ophthalmology, 2002 - Elsevier In the last decade, health indicators in Latin America and the Caribbean reflect
advances. The per capita public expenditure on health care has increased in many
countries. Despite these improvements, it is estimated that for every ... Cited by 25 - Related articles - All 15 versions
L Cerulli, C Cedrone, C Assefa, GL Scuderi - Revue internationale du trachome et de pathologie …, 1984 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 1: Rev Int Trach Pathol Ocul Trop Subtrop Sante Publique. 1984;(2-4):127-42. Assessment
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P Courtright, S Kanjaloti, S Lewallen - Tropical and geographical medicine, 1995 - cat.inist.fr Barriers to acceptance of cataract surgery among patients presenting to district
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