Delivering refractive error services: primary eye care centres and outreach

Addressing refractive errors, the second major cause of preventable blindness, is now a priority for eye care programmes.Although a simple pair of spectacles will correct refractive error, there exists a high prevalence of uncorrected refractive error. This is due in large part to the cost and inacc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kovin Naidoo, Dhivya Ravilla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London 2007-09-01
Series:Community Eye Health Journal
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Online Access:http://www.cehjournal.org/0953-6833/20/jceh_20_63_042.html