Jun 8, 2019
The utility of eye screening examinations using portable mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets in developing countries is still largely unexplored. However, several publications and systematic reviews suggest that...
Nepal, Cornea, Technology, Teleophthalmology, Imaging, Telemedicine,
Feb 26, 2019
To comprehensively measure the impacts of cataract surgery on patients' activities and mental and physical health, caregivers' well-being, and household incomes in a resource-poor setting Methods: One thousand two hundred...
Ethiopia, Cataract, Time-Use, Impact Evaluation,
Dec 28, 2017
Worldwide there are an estimated 285 million people suffering from vision impairment and 39 million who are blind. ‘Low vision’ is defined as visual acuity of less than 6/18 but...
Jan 1, 2016
To examine the relationships between blindness, the intervention of cataract surgery and all-cause mortality in a rural Ethiopian population.
Ethiopia, Cataract, Mortality,
Sep 1, 2012
Eliminating treatable corneal blindness presents a daunting but surmountable challenge for the upcoming decades. Over the past 30 years, large strides have been made toward addressing the root causes of...
Cataract, Cornea, Keratoplasty, Corneal Blindness, Health Systems,
Dec 1, 2010
To determine the etiologic diagnosis of infectious corneal ulcers at Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, a tertiary teaching hospital in Kathmandu Nepal, from 2006-2009.
Nepal, Cornea, Cornea Ulcer,
Jan 1, 2010
The World Health Organization defines blindness as visual acuity worse than 3/60.1 Using this definition, there were an estimated 45 million people bilaterally blind in 2001 and another 180 million...
Cornea, Corneal Transplantation, Eye Banking,
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