Twenty years of childhood blindness: what have we learnt?

Twenty years of childhood blindness: what have we learnt?

Over the last 20 years, much has been achieved in controlling blindness in children. Prior to the launch of VISION 2020, a number of international initiatives and programmes had raised the profile and increased interventions for child health and survival, which also had a positive impact on eye dise...

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Main Authors: Clare Gilbert, Mohammed Muhit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London 2008-09-01
Series:Community Eye Health Journal
Subjects:
Child
Infant
Blindness
Vision Disorders
Low Vision
Causes
Prevention and Control
Programme Evaluation
Online Access:http://www.cehjournal.org/0953-6833/21/jceh_21_67_046.htm
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spelling doaj-c36d7a6e5aec4271885fde25453000862020-11-25T01:30:44ZengInternational Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), LondonCommunity Eye Health Journal0953-68332008-09-0121674647Twenty years of childhood blindness: what have we learnt?Clare GilbertMohammed MuhitOver the last 20 years, much has been achieved in controlling blindness in children. Prior to the launch of VISION 2020, a number of international initiatives and programmes had raised the profile and increased interventions for child health and survival, which also had a positive impact on eye diseases and blindness in children, e.g. the Expanded Programme for Immunisation (EPI )(1974) and the Global School Health Initiative (1995). Since 2000, the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals have emphasised the need to promote child health and survival.http://www.cehjournal.org/0953-6833/21/jceh_21_67_046.htmChildInfantBlindnessVision DisordersLow VisionCausesPrevention and ControlProgramme Evaluation
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author Clare Gilbert
Mohammed Muhit
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Mohammed Muhit
Twenty years of childhood blindness: what have we learnt?
Community Eye Health Journal
Child
Infant
Blindness
Vision Disorders
Low Vision
Causes
Prevention and Control
Programme Evaluation
author_facet Clare Gilbert
Mohammed Muhit
author_sort Clare Gilbert
title Twenty years of childhood blindness: what have we learnt?
title_short Twenty years of childhood blindness: what have we learnt?
title_full Twenty years of childhood blindness: what have we learnt?
title_fullStr Twenty years of childhood blindness: what have we learnt?
title_full_unstemmed Twenty years of childhood blindness: what have we learnt?
title_sort twenty years of childhood blindness: what have we learnt?
publisher International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London
series Community Eye Health Journal
issn 0953-6833
publishDate 2008-09-01
description Over the last 20 years, much has been achieved in controlling blindness in children. Prior to the launch of VISION 2020, a number of international initiatives and programmes had raised the profile and increased interventions for child health and survival, which also had a positive impact on eye diseases and blindness in children, e.g. the Expanded Programme for Immunisation (EPI )(1974) and the Global School Health Initiative (1995). Since 2000, the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals have emphasised the need to promote child health and survival.
topic Child
Infant
Blindness
Vision Disorders
Low Vision
Causes
Prevention and Control
Programme Evaluation
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