Optical services through outreach in South India: a case study from Aravind Eye Hospitals
The need to correct refractive errors Refractive errors are a priority within the global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness, VISION 2020: The Right to Sight.1,4 Until recently, refractive errors never figured as a cause of vision impairment or blindness in the surveys; this was p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London
2006-06-01
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| Series: | Community Eye Health Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.cehjournal.org/0953-6833/19/jceh_19_58_029.html |
| Summary: | The need to correct refractive errors Refractive errors are a priority within the global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness, VISION 2020: The Right to Sight.1,4 Until recently, refractive errors never figured as a cause of vision impairment or blindness in the surveys; this was probably due to WHO’s categorisation of visual acuity as based on best corrected vision, presumably because of the ease (from a technical perspective) with which it can be addressed. Thus refractive errors had not grabbed the attention of policymakers and service providers. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-6833 |