Jan 18, 2024
While progress was made towards the Vision 2020: The Right to Sight goals, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Zambia fell short of the recommended cataract surgical rate (CSR) on a national level...
Ethiopia, Ghana, Zambia, Cataract, Barriers
Oct 5, 2022
Approximately 2.2 billion people worldwide have visual impairment; refractive error and cataracts are the most common cause of reversible blindness while glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness [1]...
Ethiopia, Cataract, Glaucoma
Jan 1, 2022
Globally, cataract continues to be the leading cause of blindness. Ninety four million of the total population are suffering from moderate to severe visual impairment due to cataract. Out...
Nepal, Cataract
Mar 26, 2021
Transnational ophthalmic partnerships exist between high-income countries (HICs) and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in varying capacities. We analyzed partnership stakeholders to better understand and address disparities in ophthalmic surgical...
Cataract, Glaucoma, Diabetic Retinopathy, Partnership
Jan 1, 2021
Differences between target and implanted intraocular lens (IOL) power in Ethiopian cataract outreach campaigns were evaluated, and machine learning (ML) was applied to optimize the IOL inventory and minimize avoidable...
Ethiopia, Cataract, Intraocular Lens, Technology, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
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
Apr 6, 2016
Aphakia after a cataract surgery could be attributed to many reasons, including lack of capsular support or insufficient surgical experience for scleral fixation. Iris-fixated intraocular lenses (IOLs), anterior chamber (angle...
Cataract, Cornea, Intraocular Lens, Corneal Transplant
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
Jan 8, 2014
In 1981, the Nepal Blindness Survey provided the first epidemiological information on the prevalence of blindness in Nepal. The prevalence of blindness in Nepal was estimated to be 0.84% and...
Nepal, Cataract, Glaucoma, Diabetic Retinopathy, Health Literacy, Trachoma