Background There is increasing evidence that lack of facilities, equipment, and expertise in
district hospitals across many low-and middle-income countries constitutes a major barrier to …

Surgically correctable pathology accounts for a sizeable proportion of the overall global
burden of disease. Over the last decade the role of surgery in the public health agenda has …

Background: Cataract remains the leading cause of global blindness. Evidence from
population-based surveys, carried out up to 2000, and the launch of the VISION 2020 …

Background Poor health literacy is often a key cause of lack of or delayed uptake of health
care services. The aim of this study was to assess the health literacy of common ocular …

Abstract Purpose: The World Health Organization Program for the Prevention of Blindness
adopted the principles of universal health coverage (UHC) in its latest plan, Universal Eye …

The association between socioeconomic position and morbidity and mortality has long been
recognized. We evaluate the evidence for an association between multiple aspects of …

Background Diabetes is an emerging public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. Diabetic
retinopathy is the commonest microvascular complication of diabetes and is a leading cause …

PURPOSE: To estimate the prevalence of visually significant cataract in a US Latino
population and to report predisposing, enabling, need, and health behavior characteristics …

Background: Swaziland, like many other developing countries, lacks appropriate eye health
services, particularly for children. Aim: To determine the knowledge and practices of parents …

Purpose: To report the barriers for seeking eye care among the elderly population aged≥
60 years with avoidable vision impairment (VI) in the South Indian state of Telangana …