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RURAL OPHTHALMOLOGY IN WEST AFRICA
Author(s) -
DOWN BRENDA
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australian journal of opthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 0310-1177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1982.tb01629.x
Subject(s) - blindness , optometry , commonwealth , medicine , rural area , population , work (physics) , family medicine , environmental health , political science , law , engineering , pathology , mechanical engineering
Abstract Eye disease is common in Africa where it causes much suffering and loss of valuable man‐power. Simple measures can provide immense relief at little cost The majority of the population is not wealthy and lives in rural areas. The Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind (RCSB) has established mobile eye units as a cost‐effective means of treatment and prevention of blindness, and for training national personnel to continue the good work. Ophthalmologists prepared to give a period of service are urgently needed.