Volunteer-based vision nongovernmental organizations and VISION 2020

Optometry

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 464-471

  Pearce, Matthew Gordon ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Delivery of health care; Nongovernmental organizations; Public health; Vision 2020; Voluntary workers; Volunteer eye care; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MORBIDITY; OPTOMETRY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BLINDNESS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MORBIDITY; OPTOMETRY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 48949118292     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optm.2007.10.016     Document Type: Article

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