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Health transition and eye care policy planning for people with diabetic retinopathy in south Asia [PDF]

The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia
Summary: The prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D), associated systemic disorders, diabetic retinopathy (DR) and current health policies in south Asian countries were analysed to assess country-specific preparedness to meet the 2030 Sustainable Development
Taraprasad Das, Khaleda Islam, Phuntsho Dorji, Raja Narayanan, Padmaja K. Rani, Brijesh Takkar, Raba Thapa, Muhammad Moin, Prabhath N. Piyasena, Sobha Sivaprasad   +9 more
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Universal eye health in Odisha, India, Sunetra. Report # 1. Program planning

Clinical Ophthalmology, 2018
Taraprasad Das,1,2 Sabyasachi Pattanayak1,3 On behalf of the Odisha Universal Eye Health Empowered Committee 1Odisha Universal Eye Health Program, Hyderabad, India; 2Srimati Kanuri Shantamma Center for Vitreoretinal Diseases, L V Prasad Eye Institute ...
Das T, Pattanayak S
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Engaging communities in planning and delivering eye care services. [PDF]

, 2022
Eye care services are successful when they meet the needs of the community, are easy and convenient to access, and have the desired outcomes. This article shows how involving the community in the planning and delivery of eye care services can help to ...
Shamanna, BR, Murthy, Gvs
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Management and Planning for Primary Eye Care of the Elderly: the Need to Create Public Awareness of Age-related Cataract in Pakistan

Community Eye Health Journal, 2002
This article focuses on the significance of management and planning for primary eye care for the population aged 60 and over, in Pakistan. It takes the case of age-related cataract and highlights the importance of creating public awareness about cataract
Khadija Nowaira Abdullah, Muhammad Tanweer Abdullah   +1 more
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Primary eye health care: what do young children need? [PDF]

, 2022
Integrated primary eye health care is vital for the early detection, referral and management of eye conditions that affect young ...
Mafwiri, Milka, Malik, Aeesha NJ
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Health systems analysis of eye care services in Zambia: evaluating progress towards VISION 2020 goals. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: VISION 2020 is a global initiative launched in 1999 to eliminate avoidable blindness by 2020. The objective of this study was to undertake a situation analysis of the Zambian eye health system and assess VISION 2020 process indicators on ...
Bozzani, FM, Griffiths, Ulla Kou, Elena Schmidt, Schmidt, E, Bozzani, Fiammetta Maria, Schmidt, Elena, Ulla Kou Griffiths, Griffiths, UK, Fiammetta Maria Bozzani, Blanchet, K, Blanchet, Karl, Karl Blanchet   +11 more
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The Effect of Educational Intervention Based on Health Belief Model on Eye Care Practice of Type II Diabetic Patients in Southern Iran

The Scientific World Journal, 2022
Background. The ocular complication caused by diabetes is one of the most common reasons of blindness in the world. This study aimed to investigate the effect of educational intervention on eye care practice of type II diabetic patients based on health ...
Babak Pezeshki, Golnoosh Karimi, Fatemeh Mohammadkhah, Pooyan Afzali Harsini, Ali Khani Jeihooni   +4 more
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The British Asian Community Eye Study: Outline of results on the prevalence of eye disease in British Asians with origins from the Indian subcontinent

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2013
Background: Asians from the Indian Subcontinent form the largest ethnic minority in the United Kingdom. Data on the prevalence of visually-impairing eye conditions in this population are vital for planning eye health care services. Materials and Methods:
Abdul Rauf, Rizwan Malik, Catey Bunce, Richard Wormald   +3 more
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Effect of Door-to-Door Screening and Awareness Generation Activities in the Catchment Areas of Vision Centers on Service Use: Protocol for a Randomized Experimental Study

JMIR Research Protocols, 2021
BackgroundA vision center (VC) is a significant eye care service model to strengthen primary eye care services. VCs have been set up at the block level, covering a population of 150,000-250,000 in rural areas in North India ...
Shalinder Sabherwal, Anand Chinnakaran, Ishaana Sood, Gaurav K Garg, Birendra P Singh, Rajan Shukla, Priya A Reddy, Suzanne Gilbert, Ken Bassett, Gudlavalleti V S Murthy   +9 more
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Improving access to eye care services in Ghana using community health structures

African Vision and Eye Health
Background: To improve access to appropriate eye health care services within the community health structures in Ghana, pre- and post-intervention studies were carried out to explore the feasibility of integrating primary eye health into the community ...
Anthony Ofosu, Ivy Osei, Maria Hagan, Leticia Biekro, Albert K. Awedoba, Boateng Wiafe   +5 more
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