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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Perspective on ophthalmic support in countries of the developing world |
Author: | Muecke, J. Sia, I. Newland, H. Casson, R. Selva-Nayagam, D. |
Citation: | Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 2013; 41(3):263-271 |
Publisher: | Blackwell Publishing Asia |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
ISSN: | 1442-6404 1442-9071 |
Statement of Responsibility: | James Muecke, David IT Sia, Henry Newland, Robert J Casson and Dinesh Selva |
Abstract: | There are over 300 million people living in the world today who are visually impaired and a further 45 million who are blind. The large majority (90%) of these people live in developing countries, and up to 75% of blindness are avoidable. With cataracts being the major cause of blindness and visual impairment, many ophthalmic aid programmes are aimed at alleviating the enormous burden caused by this readily treatable disease. Having said that, caution should be exercised that short surgical visits to remote rural areas that are not coordinated with local national eye care managers should be discouraged because they do little for the development of sustainable eye care programmes. With this in view, it has become imperative to design blindness prevention and ophthalmic support programmes that are workable, comprehensive, economical and sustainable. |
Keywords: | blindness prevention developing world eye care international health development ophthalmic support |
Rights: | © 2012 The Authors. |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2012.02869.x |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9071.2012.02869.x |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Opthalmology & Visual Sciences publications |
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