Evaluation of the first 5 years of a national eye health programme in Vanuatu

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-167

  Williams, Carmel ^a   Szetu, John L ^a,b   Ramke, Jacqueline ^a   Palagyi, Anna ^a   Du Toit, Renee ^a   Brian, Garry ^a  

^a Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^b The Pacific Eye Institute   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Blindness; Evaluation; National eye health programme; Vanuatu; Vision 2020

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE DISEASE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; RURAL HEALTH CARE; VANUATU;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; VANUATU;

EID: 41249097094     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2008.01685.x     Document Type: Article

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