Vision impairment and refractive errors in refugees presenting to community optometry clinics in Victoria, Australia
Suganya Selvarajah MDDavid R Dunt PhD MBBSManjula Marella PhDAlex W Hewitt PhD FRANZCONeville Turner BScOptomPiers Carozzi BScOptomGenevieve Napper PhD MPHJonathan A Jackson PhD MCOptom “While a number of studies have investigated particular aspects of refugee health in Australia, the authors were unable to identify any study of their eye‐health...
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Wearing Glasses & Coronavirus Protection
“In one hospital in Suizhou, China, 276 patients were admitted over a 47 day period, but only 16 patients — less than 6 percent — had myopia or nearsightedness that required them to wear glasses for more than eight hours a day. By comparison, more than 30 percent of...
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The impact of COVID-19 on eye care: a first-hand experience
By Nish Mohith Kurukuti – Mr. Kurukuti is responsible for product development at Nearsighted Globe, and currently a PhD student at Northwestern University. COVID-19 (Coronavirus) disrupted everyone’s life across the world. It is not surprising that it has also impacted eye care delivery. Being a part of a non-profit,...
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