Improving access to refractive and eye health services

Improving access to refractive and eye health services

Avoidable blindness and vision impairment affects 741 million people worldwide. Uncorrected refractive error (URE) is the major cause, accounting for 84% of all cases, or 625 million people. Despite URE being easily detected, measured and corrected, many countries have inadequate refractive services...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Luigi Bilotto, Michael Morton, Luisa Casas Luque, Rob Terry, Judith Stern, Kesi Naidoo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London 2016-01-01
Series:Community Eye Health Journal
Subjects:
Refractive errors and low vision
Universal eye health and VISION 2020
Online Access:http://www.cehjournal.org/article/improving-access-to-refractive-and-eye-health-services/

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