An estimated 14 million of the world's children are blind. A blind child is more likely to live in
socioeconomic deprivation, to be more frequently hospitalised during childhood and to die …

Purpose: To determine the global prevalence and common causes of visual impairment (VI)
and blindness in children. Methods: In this meta-analysis, a structured search strategy was …

OBJECTIVES: Our aim was to determine and compare the incidences of sensory
impairments among very preterm (VP)(< 32+ 0/7 weeks), moderately preterm (MP)(32+ 0/7 …

Objective To assess the trend of paediatric visual impairment and its disparities by year, sex,
age and national socioeconomic levels using disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) …

Purpose To study the causes of blindness and visual impairment in children in three
ecologically diverse regions of Nepal. Materials and methods This is a baseline survey …

Health promotion intervention in schools is a useful strategy to improve students' health
awareness. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of eye health promotion …

This chapter aims to familiarize the reader with important issues about epidemiological
studies of childhood visual impairment (VI), severe visual impairment (SVI), or blindness …

Background. As reported from studies conducted in Nepal, between 15% and 57% of adults
had ever consumed alcohol and between 1.5% and 25% of adults have alcohol use …

Despite the considerable health and economic burden of disability in the South Asian (SA)
region, there is limited evidence of impairments and disabilities prevalence and the need for …

Clinical relevance Country-specific estimates of the prevalence of refractive errors are
important to formulate national eye health policies for refractive care services. Background …