Population need for primary eye care in Rwanda: A national survey
In: PLOS ONE, Jg. 13 (2018-05-01), Heft 5, p e0193817, S. e0193817
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BACKGROUND: Universal access to Primary Eye Care (PEC) is a key global initiative to reduce and prevent avoidable causes of visual impairment (VI). PEC can address minor eye conditions, simple forms of uncorrected refractive error (URE) and create a referral pathway for specialist eye care, thus offering a potential solution to a lack of eye health specialists in low-income countries. However, there is little information on the population need for PEC, including prevalence of URE in all ages in Sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS: A national survey was conducted of people aged 7 and over in Rwanda in September-December 2016. Participants were selected through two-stage probability proportional to size sampling and compact segment sampling. VI (visual acuity
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Population need for primary eye care in Rwanda: A national survey
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Macleod, David ; Bright, Tess ; Musendo, David ; Jennifer L.Y. Yip ; Kuper, Hannah ; Irunga, Peter |
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Zeitschrift: | PLOS ONE, Jg. 13 (2018-05-01), Heft 5, p e0193817, S. e0193817 |
Veröffentlichung: | Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018 |
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ISSN: | 1932-6203 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0193817 |
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