Cluster-randomised trial of community-based screening for eye disease in adults in Nepal: the Village-Integrated Eye Worker Trial II (VIEW II) trial protocol

Introduction The majority of blindness worldwide could be prevented or reversed with early diagnosis and treatment, yet identifying at-risk and prevalent cases of eye disease and linking them with care remain important obstacles to addressing this burden. Leading causes of blindness like glaucoma, d...

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Main Authors: Suzanne Gilbert, Valerie M Stevens, Raghunandan Byanju, Ram Prasad Kandel, Gopal Bhandari, Sadhan Bhandari, Jason S Melo, Prakriti Acharaya, Manmohan Adhikari, Shree Kanta Adihikari, Deepak Bhattarai, Rabin Bhattarai, Ajaya Chaudhary, Bhagiram Chaudhary, Daya Shankar Chaudhary, Kishor Chaudhary, Krishna Raj Dharel, Maria Gautam, Shree Krishna Gautam, Aakriti Ghimire, Bishwash Ghimire, Narayan Ghimire, Ramesh Ghimire, Gaurav Giri, Puspa Giri, Dhanmaya Gurau, Ramesh Gurung, Deepak Kandel, Simanta Khadka, Benju Lamichhane, Pappu Mahato, Pratikshya Neupane, Ram Janaki Panday, Sabina Parajuli, Radhika Devi Poudel, Susmita Poudel, Sangita Pradhan, Suchan Pun, Bishaka Ranabhat, Sudha Ranabhat, Gaurav Rimal, Gopal Sapkota, Subit Sapkota, Ranjeet Shah, Manisha Shrestha, Saraswati Silwal, Amisha Subedi, Pradeep Subedi, Alish Tamang, Dilip Tandukar, Nischal Sharma Wagle, Nilam Kumari Yadav, Sailesh Mishra, Heidi Chase, Lauren Jesudason, Chundak Tenzing, Shravan Chaudhary, Parami Dhakwha, Prasanna Sharma, Apsara Shrestha, Jeremy Keenan, Thomas Lietman, Jason Melo, Kieran O’Brien, Riju Shrestha, Robert Stamper, Valerie Stevens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-10-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/10/e040219.full