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A Decade of Innovation: A 10-year Institutional Review of Advancements in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation [PDF]

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Background:. Vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) has achieved significant advancements in reconstructive surgery through pioneering efforts in face, upper extremity, and whole-eye transplantations.
Alay R. Shah, MD, Sachin R. Chinta, BS, David L. Tran, MD, Alexis K. Gursky, BS, Daniel J. Ceradini, MD, Eduardo D. Rodriguez, MD, DDS   +5 more
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Preferences for community-based asynchronous-review eye clinics in the UK: A discrete choice experiment among patients, healthcare professionals, and the public. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
The United Kingdom government's 10 Year Health Plan for England sets out three shifts for a future-ready health service in England: shifting care from hospitals to communities, harnessing technology in health and care, and prioritising prevention over ...
Siyabonga Ndwandwe, Angus I G Ramsay, Josefine Magnusson, Steve Napier, Helen Baker, Jocelyn Cammack, Dun Jack Fu, Peng Tee Khaw, Sobha Sivaprasad, Hari Jayaram, Paul J Foster, Caroline S Clarke, HERCULES Consortium   +12 more
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Methods for a population-based Comprehensive Eye care Workload Assessment (CEWA) study in Southern India

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2023
Eye care programs, in developing countries, are often planned using the prevalence of blindness and visual impairment, often estimated from Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB) surveys.
Ashok Vardhan, Vinoth Kumar Rajendran, Sanil Joseph, Lakshmanan Pooludaiyar, Dipankar Datta, Astrid E Fletcher, Thulasiraj D Ravilla   +6 more
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Access to school-based eye health programs: a qualitative case study, Bogotá, Colombia

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2021
Objectives. To identify barriers and enablers to accessing school-based eye health programs in Bogotá, Colombia. Methods. We undertook a qualitative case study that explored how structural factors, and social and cultural norms influence access to school-
Aryati Yashadhana, Nina Serova, Ling Lee, Luisa Casas Luque, Leonardo Ramirez, Juan Carlos Silva, Anthea M Burnett   +6 more
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Integrating eye health into policy: Evidence for health systems strengthening in KwaZulu-Natal

African Vision and Eye Health, 2020
Background: Available evidence is that eye health care receives less attention compared to other allied health professions in public health services across South Africa, yet vision impairment is known to have significant social and economic consequences.
Lungile M. Buthelezi, Diane van Staden
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Strengthening the integration of eye care into the health system: methodology for the development of the WHO package of eye care interventions

BMJ Open Ophthalmology, 2020
Objective To describe the rational for, and the methods that will be employed to develop, the WHO package of eye care interventions (PECI).Methods and analysis The development of the package will be conducted in four steps: (1) selection of eye ...
David S Friedman, Stuart Keel, Ching-Yu Cheng, João M Furtado, Wanjiku Mathenge, Rupert Bourne, Richard Wormald, Rohit C Khanna, Jennifer R Evans, Andreas Müller, Sandra Block, Margarita Calonge, Silvio Mariotti, Elenoa Matoto, M Mansur Rabiu, Tuwani Rasengane, Jialang Zhao, Alarcos Cieza   +17 more
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Strengths and weaknesses of eye care services in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-synthesis of eye health system assessments

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the delivery of eye care services continues to be undermined by health systems performance bottlenecks. There is a growing focus by partners in the sector on the analysis of the different components of eye care ...
Stevens Bechange, Emma Jolley, Bhavisha Virendrakumar, Vladimir Pente, Juliet Milgate, Elena Schmidt   +5 more
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Eye health knowledge and health-seeking behaviours in Ghana

African Vision and Eye Health, 2018
Background: To improve access to comprehensive eye health services within the community, an intervention study that sought to integrate primary eye care (PEC) into existing primary health care (PHC) services, namely Community-based Health Planning and ...
Anthony Ofosu, Ivy Osei, Maria Hagan, Leticia Biekro, Albert K. Awedoba   +4 more
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Socioeconomic position and eye health outcomes: identifying inequality in rapid population-based surveys

BMJ Open, 2023
Objective Monitoring health outcomes disaggregated by socioeconomic position (SEP) is crucial to ensure no one is left behind in efforts to achieve universal health coverage. In eye health planning, rapid population surveys are most commonly implemented;
Islay Mactaggart, Andrew Bastawrous, Matthew J Burton, Jacqueline Ramke, Min J Kim, Ian McCormick, Modou Jobe, Luke Allen, Omar Badjie, Abba Hydara, Segun I Olaniyan, Nyakassi M B Sanyang, Gibril Jarju, Modou Njai, Alhagie Sankareh   +14 more
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A Scoping Review on Determining Australian Nurse Engagement in Eye Care Settings

Clinical Ophthalmology, 2023
Heather M Machin,1,2 Mark Daniell,1,2 Lauren I Entwistle,3 Clare Hafner,4 Anna Huigen,5 Harsimrat Kaur,2 Joanna McCulloch,4,6,7 Marina Osadchiy2 1Surgical Research Unit, Centre for Eye Research Australia, Department of Surgery, Ophthalmology, University ...
Machin HM, Daniell M, Entwistle LI, Hafner C, Huigen A, Kaur H, McCulloch J, Osadchiy M   +7 more
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