A situational analysis of eye care services in Swaziland [PDF]
Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2018 Compared to other African countries, Swaziland performs the worst in terms of providing eye health care services. A priority goal of the World Health Organization (WHO) is to alleviate childhood blindness, particularly in low-income countries such as ...
Velibanti Nhlanhla Sukati +2 more
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Models for Primary Eye Care Services in India
Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2015 Blindness and visual impairment continues to be a major public health problem in India. Availability and easy access to primary eye care services is essential for elimination of avoidable blindness. ′Vision 2020: The Right to Sight - India′ envisaged the
Vasundhra Misra +3 more
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Environmental sustainability in eye-care services. [PDF]
Rom J Ophthalmol, 2023 Gheorghe CM.
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Barriers to the uptake of eye care services: A cross-sectional survey from rural and urban communities. [PDF]
PLoS ONEPurposeTo explore the barriers to the uptake of eye care services in urban and rural communities in Papua New Guinea.MethodsThis was a population-based cross-sectional descriptive study and involved multi-stage sampling.
Bismark Owusu-Afriyie +4 more
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Strengthening retina eye care services in Nepal: retina eye care of Nepal project [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2020 Background Retinal diseases are very difficult to treat. So, early diagnoses and preventions are very important. But, few eye doctors can treat patients with retinal diseases in Nepal.
Arjun Shrestha +4 more
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Utilization of Secondary Eye Care Services in Western Kenya. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2019 Background: Eye care provision is currently insufficient to meet the population’s eye health needs in Kenya. Many people remain unnecessarily visually impaired or at risk of becoming so due to treatable or preventable conditions.
Rono MMed HK +5 more
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Building consensus for the development of child eye care services in South Darfur State of Sudan using the Delphi technique [PDF]
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2018 Background: Global estimates suggest there are almost 19 million visually impaired children worldwide, most of whom reside in poor countries, with the major cause being treatable.
Saif H. Alrasheed +3 more
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Assessment of eye health care services of Bangladesh using eye care service assessment tools
International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2022 Background: Bangladesh is being the commissioner for oaths to vision 2020, a global campaign for elimination of avoidable blindness by 2020, formulated a national eye care plan.
A. Hussain +6 more
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A systemic review of barriers to accessing paediatric eye care services in African countries. [PDF]
Afr Health Sci, 2021 Background: Global estimate reported that 1.4 million children are blind of which three-quarters live in developing countries. Childhood Visual Impairment is a major public health problem globally especially in rural areas of developing countries ...
Alrasheed SH.
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Barriers to uptake of referral eye care services among the elderly in residential care: the Hyderabad Ocular Morbidity in Elderly Study (HOMES). [PDF]
Br J Ophthalmol, 2023 Background To report on the barriers to uptake of eye care services after referral in the elderly in ‘homes for the aged’ in Hyderabad, India. Methods Individuals aged ≥60 years were recruited from 41 ‘homes for the aged’ and were examined in the ‘make ...
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