An approach to reduce the blindness burden in sub-Saharan Africa : special focus on childhood blindness

dc.contributor.authorMarmamula, Srinivasen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBharadwaj, Shrikant R.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKeeffe, Jillen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBalasubramanian, Dorairajanen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-15T06:37:07Z
dc.date.available2021-03-15T06:37:07Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionCITATION: Marmamula, S. et al. 2020. An approach to reduce the blindness burden in sub-Saharan Africa : special focus on childhood blindness, in Macnab, A., Daar, A. & Pauw, C. 2020. Health in transition : translating developmental origins of health and disease science to improve future health in Africa. Stellenbosch: SUN PReSS, doi:10.18820/9781928357759/13.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://africansunmedia.store.it.si/za
dc.description.abstractSub-Saharan Africa is afflicted with high levels of blindness burden, affecting the quality of life and productivity of its people. While cataracts account for over 40 per cent of blindness, uncorrected refractive error leading to vision loss is over 50 per cent. The number of ophthalmologists and optometrists in the region, who can restore vision by surgery, and provide corrective eyeglasses for uncorrected refractive error, respectively, is woefully inadequate. However, most of these countries have primary health care centres. Workers in these centres have played remarkably successful roles in working with professionals in helping to reduce the burden of blindness due to onchocerciasis and trachoma.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent15 pages
dc.identifier.citationMarmamula, S. et al. 2020. An approach to reduce the blindness burden in sub-Saharan Africa : special focus on childhood blindness, in Macnab, A., Daar, A. & Pauw, C. 2020. Health in transition : translating developmental origins of health and disease science to improve future health in Africa. Stellenbosch: SUN PReSS, doi:10.18820/9781928357759/13.
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-928357-74-2 (print)
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-928357-75-9 (online)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.18820/9781928357759/13
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/109645
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherAfrican Sun Media
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThe STIAS Series
dc.rights.holderAfrican Sun Media
dc.rights.holderSTIAS
dc.subjectPublic health -- Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectBlind childrenen_ZA
dc.titleAn approach to reduce the blindness burden in sub-Saharan Africa : special focus on childhood blindnessen_ZA
dc.typeChapters in Booksen_ZA
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