Delivering refractive error services: primary eye care centres and outreach
Addressing refractive errors, the second major cause of preventable blindness, is now a priority for eye care programmes.Although a simple pair of spectacles will correct refractive error, there exists a high prevalence of uncorrected refractive error. This is due in large part to the cost and inacc...
Main Authors: | Kovin Naidoo, Dhivya Ravilla |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London
2007-09-01
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Series: | Community Eye Health Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.cehjournal.org/0953-6833/20/jceh_20_63_042.html |
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