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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| author | Ramasamy Meenakshi Sundaram Ravilla Duraisamy Thulasiraj |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-2910deb6586e40379167942cfde0ffc72022-12-22T01:58:11ZengInternational Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), LondonCommunity Eye Health Journal0953-68332006-06-0119582930Optical services through outreach in South India: a case study from Aravind Eye HospitalsRamasamy Meenakshi SundaramRavilla Duraisamy ThulasirajThe 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.http://www.cehjournal.org/0953-6833/19/jceh_19_58_029.htmlHealth services accessibilityVision screeningRefractive errorsIndia |
| spellingShingle | Ramasamy Meenakshi Sundaram Ravilla Duraisamy Thulasiraj Optical services through outreach in South India: a case study from Aravind Eye Hospitals Community Eye Health Journal Health services accessibility Vision screening Refractive errors India |
| title | Optical services through outreach in South India: a case study from Aravind Eye Hospitals |
| title_full | Optical services through outreach in South India: a case study from Aravind Eye Hospitals |
| title_fullStr | Optical services through outreach in South India: a case study from Aravind Eye Hospitals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optical services through outreach in South India: a case study from Aravind Eye Hospitals |
| title_short | Optical services through outreach in South India: a case study from Aravind Eye Hospitals |
| title_sort | optical services through outreach in south india a case study from aravind eye hospitals |
| topic | Health services accessibility Vision screening Refractive errors India |
| url | http://www.cehjournal.org/0953-6833/19/jceh_19_58_029.html |
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