Integrating primary eye care into global child health policies.
Aeesha Nusrat Jehan
Malik
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Milka
Mafwiri
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Clare
Gilbert
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(2017)
Integrating primary eye care into global child health policies.
Archives of disease in childhood, 103 (2).
pp. 176-180.
ISSN 0003-9888
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-313536
;
Milka
Mafwiri
;
Clare
Gilbert
;
(2017)
Integrating primary eye care into global child health policies.
Archives of disease in childhood, 103 (2).
pp. 176-180.
ISSN 0003-9888
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-313536
Globally, approximately 75% of blind children live in low-income countries (LICs). Almost half of blindness and low vision in LICs is due to avoidable causes such as corneal scarring from measles infection, vitamin A deficiency disorders, use of harmful traditional eye remedies, ophthalmia neonatorum and cataract.
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