Blindness in Africa: Zimbabwe schools for the blind survey.

AUTOR(ES)

Schwab, L.

RESUMO

An ophthalmic assessment survey of 430 students in Zimbabwe's two schools for the blind was conducted in 1988. Bilateral corneal opacity was found to be responsible for 75% of all blindness among institutionalised blind students. Thirteen per cent of the study patients could gain improved vision through either ocular surgical intervention or spectacle correction. Findings in this survey are similar to those from other schools for the blind elsewhere in Africa.

Documentos Relacionados

• Childhood blindness in the Republic of Ireland: a national survey.
• The possible impact of uveitis in blindness: a literature survey.
• Causes of childhood blindness in Sri Lanka: results from children attending six schools for the blind.
• Causes and temporal trends of childhood blindness in Indonesia: study at schools for the blind in Java
• Relation between burden of disease and randomised evidence in sub-Saharan Africa: survey of research