Category: Vision Health

Authors: Nina Tahhan BOptomTimothy R Fricke MScOptom FAAOThomas Naduvilath PhDJane Kierath BOptomSuit May Ho PhD BSc(Optom)Gerhard Schlenther MBL MPHBrian Layland OAM BSc(OptSc) ASTCBrien Holden PhD DSc FAAO “Lack of access to services is one factor causing higher rates of preventable impairment of vision in developing countries but it is...

Authors: Olalekan A. Oduntan,  Khathutshelo P. Mashige, Rekha Hansraj, Godwin Ovenseri-Ogbomo  “Globally, many people live in rural areas where they experience poor health as a result, in part, of limited access to health services. In many countries, this limited access to health services in rural areas is the result of...

Authors: Saiko Matsumura, Cheng Ching-Yu, Seang-Mei Saw “Collectively, there are significant differences in the prevalence of myopia between urban areas and rural areas. In China, the prevalence of myopia was 38.1% in children aged 5–15 years in urban area, Guangzhou, whereas the prevalence of myopia was 5.0% in children aged 5–18 years in rural...