Strategies for reducing visual impairment and blindness in rural and remote areas in Africa
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...
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Global Epidemiology of Myopia
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...
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