Open AccessPattern of childhood visual impairment and blindness among students in schools for the visually impaired in Lagos State: An update
Author(s) -
Abimbola Olayinka Olowoyeye,
Kareem Olatunbosun Musa,
Olufisayo Temitayo Aribaba,
Adeola O Onakoya,
F B Akinsola
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
nigerian postgraduate medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 19
ISSN - 1117-1936
DOI - 10.4103/npmj.npmj_27_18
Subject(s) - medicine , measles , childhood blindness , visual impairment , confidence interval , blindness , pediatrics , optometry , family medicine , demography , psychiatry , retinopathy of prematurity , pregnancy , genetics , biology , immunology , vaccination , gestational age , sociology
The aim of this study was to determine the pattern of childhood visual impairment and blindness (VI and BL) among students attending schools for the visually impaired in Lagos State, with a view to providing information on avoidable causes as well as emerging trends that would be useful to policy-makers for the planning and implementation of strategies for the control of avoidable childhood BL in Lagos State.