Changes in blindness prevalence over 16 years in Malawi: Reduced prevalence but increased numbers of blind

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1079-1082

  Courtright, Paul ^a,b   Hoeshcmann, A ^b   Metcalfe, N ^c   Chirambo, M ^d   Noertjojo, K ^b   Barrows, J ^e   Katz, J ^f  

^a Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology   (Tanzania)

^b British Columbia Centre for Epidemiologic and International Ophthalmology   (Canada)

^c Nkoma Mission Hospital   (Malawi)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^e International Eye Foundation USA   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BLINDNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLINDNESS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0041356917     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.9.1079     Document Type: Review

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