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Ocular morbidity among refugees in southwest Ethiopia

Author(s) -

Yeshigeta Gelaw,

A Abateneh

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

ethiopian journal of health sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.479

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 2413-7170

pISSN - 1029-1857

DOI - 10.4314/ejhs.v24i3.6

Subject(s) - trachoma , medicine , glaucoma , blindness , optometry , refractive error , population , cross sectional study , childhood blindness , refugee , ophthalmology , pediatrics , eye disease , environmental health , geography , archaeology , pregnancy , genetics , pathology , biology , retinopathy of prematurity , gestational age

Low vision and blindness are recognized as one of the major public health problems worldwide, especially in developing countries. The prevalence and cause of blindness and low vision vary from region to region, among different age and population groups in a country or geographical region. The objective of this study is thus to determine the causes of blindness and ocular morbidity among refugees in Southwest Ethiopia.

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