Diseases affecting the cornea are a major cause of blindness worldwide, second only to
cataract in overall importance. The epidemiology of corneal blindness is complicated and …

VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, WHICH may be defined as blindness (best vision of20/200 in the
better eye in the United States and 20/400 by the World Health Organization [WHO] …

AIMS/BACKGROUND To determine the epidemiological characteristics and risk factors
predisposing to corneal ulceration in Madurai, south India, and to identify the specific …

PURPOSE: To assess the prevalence of refractive error and vision impairment in school age
children in the terai area of the Mechi zone in Eastern Nepal. METHODS: Random selection …

Cataract is the most important cause of treatable childhood blindness. There are an
estimated 200,000 children blind from cataract worldwide; 20,000 to 40,000 children with …

Objective This study was designed to propose a classification scheme for platforms of
surgical delivery in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) and to review the literature …

Abstract 450 villages in northern Sumatra were randomly assigned to either participate in a
vitamin A supplementation scheme (n= 229) or serve for 1 year as a control (n= 221). 25 939 …

Abstract· Background: Trauma remains a major problem throughout the world. The
prognosis of severe eye injuries is commonly bleak. This paper focuses on the epidemiology …

Corneal ulceration is one of the most frequent causes of blindness in developing countries.
Between September 1985 and August 1987, 405 patients with corneal ulceration were …

Purpose: To study the epidemiological characteristics and laboratory diagnosis of fungal
keratitis seen at a tertiary eye care referral centre in South India. Methods: A retrospective …