Improving gender equity in eye care: advocating for the needs of women
Of the people who are blind in the world today, 64% are female.1 There are three main reasons for this:* in many countries, women live longer than men and are at greater risk of blindness from causes related to age (such as glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration)* some blinding conditions, su...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London
2007-12-01
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| Series: | Community Eye Health Journal |
| Online Access: | http://www.cehjournal.org/0953-6833/20/jceh_20_64_068.html |