Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness in Western Rwanda: blindness in a postconflict setting.
<h4>Background</h4>The World Health Organization estimates that there were 37 million blind people in 2002 and that the prevalence of blindness was 9% among adults in Africa aged 50 years or older. Recent surveys indicate that this figure may be overestimated, while a survey from souther...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-07-01
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Series: | PLoS Medicine |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040217 |