Can we scale up a comprehensive school-based eye health programme in Zambia?
Abstract Background Globally, 19 million children have preventable vision impairment simply because refractive and eye health services are inaccessible to most of them. In Zambia, approximately 50,000 school children need spectacle provision. The School-based Eye Health Programme (SEHP) has been ide...
Main Authors: | Ai Chee Yong, Anne Buglass, Godfrey Mwelwa, Ibrahim Abdallah, Ving Fai Chan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-07-01
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Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08350-2 |
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