Objective We aimed at evaluating the ability of individuals without ophthalmologic training to
quickly capture high-quality images of the cornea by using a smartphone and low-cost …

Purpose Information on ocular anomalies can help in developing specific interventions to
prevent visual impairment especially among children. The aim of this study was therefore to …

Purpose: Childhood blindness is second to cataract in terms of blind person years;
population-based prevalence of ocular morbidity among tribal children has not been …

Results: The most common ocular morbidity was refractive error (57.4%) followed by vitamin
A deficiency (38.1%), color blindness (3.1%), nevus (3%), manifest squint (2.2%), ptosis …

Introduction: Many ocular diseases have their origin in early childhood and if the morbidity
goes unnoticed it may adversely affect the child's school performance and may also cause …

Introduction: Poor performance in schooling due to refractive error is a major public health
concern specially in rural areas of developing countries like India and globally, refractive …

Design: A school-based, observational study design. Participants: Schoolchildren between 1
st and 10 th standards across various government schools. Materials and Methods: Students …

Background: Considering the fact that 30% of India's blind, lose their sight before the age of
20 years. Commonest avoidable cause of visual impairment is Refractive Error (RE) and …

BACKGROUND Vision impairment and blindness in children are important because of their
impact on the child's development, education, future work opportunities and quality of life …

BACKGROUND We wanted to determine the prevalence of ocular morbidity among school
going children between ages of 6 and 16 yrs. in public schools of urban and rural areas of …