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Improving access to refractive and eye health services

Community Eye Health Journal, 2016
Avoidable blindness and vision impairment affects 741 million people worldwide. Uncorrected refractive error (URE) is the major cause, accounting for 84% of all cases, or 625 million people. Despite URE being easily detected, measured and corrected, many
Luigi Bilotto, Michael Morton, Luisa Casas Luque, Rob Terry, Judith Stern, Kesi Naidoo   +5 more
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A Tanahashi Coverage Cascade Analysis of Diabetes Care in Saudi Arabia (2016–2021): A Narrative Review

Preventive Medicine: Research & Reviews
Diabetes affects nearly a quarter of adults in Saudi Arabia (SA) and costs primary healthcare centres around 35 million USD annually. Despite initiatives like the National Diabetes Registry and Vision 2030’s Model of Care, limited evidence exists on the ...
Sulafa T. Alqutub
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GLAUCOMA: SECRETS OF SILENT THIEF OF VISION – A REVIEW [PDF]

, 2017
Glaucoma has been highlighted as a priority eye disease by the World Health Organization’s global initiative to eliminate avoidable blindness by the year 2020.
null null, Oyeniran Taiwo Opeyemi, Opeyemi, Oyeniran Taiwo   +2 more
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Getting ready to cope with non-communicable eye diseases

Community Eye Health Journal, 2014
Over the last few decades, the main focus of eye care in low- and middle-income countries has been on the two most common causes of visual impairment: cataract and refractive errors.
Clare Gilbert, Serge Resnikoff
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Tackling inequality and inequity in eye health: can the SDGs help us?

Community Eye Health Journal, 2016
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in September 2015. They are a set of goals and targets that all UN member states have committed to achieving: ‘to end poverty, protect the planet, and ...
Zoe Gray
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Inequality and inequity in eye health

Community Eye Health Journal, 2016
According to the 2010 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, the global prevalence of blindness (age-standardised) has declined from 0.60% in 1990 to 0.47% in 2010.
Johannes Trimmel
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Impact of implementation of blindness control activities in the Southern Indian States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana [PDF]

, 2018
The objective of this research study was to determine the impact of blindness control activities in general and also with special reference to the Andhra Pradesh Right to Sight Society (APRTSS) activities in the Southern Indian States of Andhra Pradesh ...
Pallerla, Srinivasa Reddy
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Motivational conditions of successful corporate social responsibility (CSR) actions in form of cross sector collaborations in international health [PDF]

, 2013
It is clearly of paramount importance to secure both short-term and long-term provision and access to drugs and healthcare services in order to accomplish a substantial impact on public health in any country.
Erat, Anna Margareta
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Vocal Eyes-based eye communication software for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients

, 2023
Los pacientes con esclerosis lateral amiotrófica (ELA) se enfrentan a problemas de comunicación debido a la pérdida de las capacidades del habla y la escritura.
Tovar Díaz, Dorian Abad, Іщук, Валентин Богданович, Ishchuk, Valentyn Bogdanovych   +2 more
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Prevalence and causes of vision loss in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2015: magnitude, temporal trends and projections

, 2018
On behalf of the Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study: Bourne, Rupert; Ackland, Peter; Arditi, Aries; Barkana, Yaniv; Bozkurt, Banu; Bron, Alain; Budenz, Donald; Cai, Feng; Casson, Robert; Chakravarthy, Usha; Choi, Jaewan ...
Lansingh, V.C., Bourne, Rupert R. A., Resnikoff, Serge, Janet Leasher (3232401), Casson, R., Choi, J., Bron, Alain, M., Juan Carlos Silva (14664420), Van Charles Lansingh (4957303), Bourne, R.R.A., Resnikoff, S., Leasher, Janet L., Bourne, Rupert R.A., Furtado, João M., Flaxman, Seth R., Taylor, Hugh R, Furtado, J.M., Silva, J.C., Leasher, Janet L, Taylor, Hugh R., Braithwaite, T., On Behalf of The Vision Loss Expert Group of The Global Burden of Disease Study, ., João M. Furtado (10367091), ?, ?, Bozkurt, B., Ackland, P., Chakravarthy, U., et al., Silva, Juan Carlos, Bourne, Rupert R A, Rupert R. A. Bourne (3232398), Serge Resnikoff (3232395), Taylor, H.R., Flaxman, Seth R, Flaxman, S.R., Hugh R. Taylor (16656465), Barkana, Y., Arditi, A., Budenz, D., Braithwaite, Tasanee, Leasher, J.L., Cai, F., Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study,, Braithwaite, Tasanee; id_orcid, Lansingh, van Charles, Seth R. Flaxman (10154157), Bron, A., Tasanee Braithwaite (7255028), Furtado, João M, Braithwaite, T, Wormald, R, Battaglia Parodi, M, van Meurs, Johan, Zheng, YZ, Lansingh, V, Leasher, JL, On behalf of the Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study, Bron, Alain,, Flaxman, SR, CICINELLI, MARIA VITTORIA, Silva, JC, Furtado, JM   +61 more
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