Open AccessPrevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment in Sokoto State, Nigeria: Baseline data for Vision 2020: The right to sight eye care programme
Author(s) -
Nasiru Muhammad,
Rabiu M Mansur,
Adamu Mohammed Dantani,
Elizabeth Elhassan,
Sunday Isiyaku
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
middle east african journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0975-1599
pISSN - 0974-9233
DOI - 10.4103/0974-9233.80700
Subject(s) - medicine , aphakia , blindness , optometry , cataract surgery , glaucoma , visual acuity , visual impairment , childhood blindness , confidence interval , ophthalmology , retinopathy of prematurity , pregnancy , psychiatry , genetics , biology , gestational age
To estimate the prevalence of low vision and blindness, identify the causes, and suggest policies for an effective eye care program based on 2005 data from Sokoto State, Nigeria.