Changing patterns in global blindness: 1988–2008
2008
Twenty Years of Childhood Blindness: What Have We Learnt?
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Author Information
Author(s): Clare Gilbert, Mohammed Muhit
Primary Institution: International Centre for Eye Health
Conclusion
Over the past 20 years, significant progress has been made in controlling childhood blindness, but challenges remain.
Supporting Evidence
- Child Eye Care Centres are being established with well-trained teams, particularly in Asia.
- Vitamin A supplementation has significantly reduced child deaths and blindness due to corneal scarring.
- Measles immunisation has led to a decline in measles-related blindness.
- Refractive errors are more prevalent in children in Asian countries than in other regions.
Takeaway
This study looks at how we've improved care for blind children over the last 20 years and what still needs to be done.
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