Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness in two northern provinces of burundi without eye services

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 211-215

  Kandeke, Levi ^a   Mathenge, Wanjiku ^b   Giramahoro, Chantal ^c   Undendere, Francoise Picard Adubang'O ^c   Ruhagaze, Patrick ^d   Habiyakare, Celestin ^c   Courtright, Paul ^e   Lewallen, Susan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURUNDI   (Burundi)

^b FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION   (Australia)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^e Good Samaritan Foundation   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Blindness; Burundi; Cataract; Population based; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BURUNDI; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; BURUNDI; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION, LOW;

EID: 84863695806     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2012.690493     Document Type: Article

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