Raising public awareness of glaucoma in Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, glaucoma is the fifth most common cause of blindness and the disease caused irreversible blindness in an estimated 62,000 people in 2006.1Due to the nature of the disease, an inadequate and inaccessible eye care service, and a very poor level of public awareness, glaucoma patients tend...
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| Language: | English |
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International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Community Eye Health Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.cehjournal.org/0953-6833/25/jceh_25_79.80_046.htm |