Twenty years of childhood blindness: what have we learnt?
Over the last 20 years, much has been achieved in controlling blindness in children. Prior to the launch of VISION 2020, a number of international initiatives and programmes had raised the profile and increased interventions for child health and survival, which also had a positive impact on eye dise...
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International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London
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| description | Over the last 20 years, much has been achieved in controlling blindness in children. Prior to the launch of VISION 2020, a number of international initiatives and programmes had raised the profile and increased interventions for child health and survival, which also had a positive impact on eye diseases and blindness in children, e.g. the Expanded Programme for Immunisation (EPI )(1974) and the Global School Health Initiative (1995). Since 2000, the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals have emphasised the need to promote child health and survival. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c36d7a6e5aec4271885fde25453000862022-12-21T18:18:22ZengInternational Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), LondonCommunity Eye Health Journal0953-68332008-09-0121674647Twenty years of childhood blindness: what have we learnt?Clare GilbertMohammed MuhitOver the last 20 years, much has been achieved in controlling blindness in children. Prior to the launch of VISION 2020, a number of international initiatives and programmes had raised the profile and increased interventions for child health and survival, which also had a positive impact on eye diseases and blindness in children, e.g. the Expanded Programme for Immunisation (EPI )(1974) and the Global School Health Initiative (1995). Since 2000, the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals have emphasised the need to promote child health and survival.http://www.cehjournal.org/0953-6833/21/jceh_21_67_046.htmChildInfantBlindnessVision DisordersLow VisionCausesPrevention and ControlProgramme Evaluation |
| spellingShingle | Clare Gilbert Mohammed Muhit Twenty years of childhood blindness: what have we learnt? Community Eye Health Journal Child Infant Blindness Vision Disorders Low Vision Causes Prevention and Control Programme Evaluation |
| title | Twenty years of childhood blindness: what have we learnt? |
| title_full | Twenty years of childhood blindness: what have we learnt? |
| title_fullStr | Twenty years of childhood blindness: what have we learnt? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Twenty years of childhood blindness: what have we learnt? |
| title_short | Twenty years of childhood blindness: what have we learnt? |
| title_sort | twenty years of childhood blindness what have we learnt |
| topic | Child Infant Blindness Vision Disorders Low Vision Causes Prevention and Control Programme Evaluation |
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