Causes of Blindness and Visual Impairment in Nigeria: The Nigeria National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science2009Vol. 50(9), pp. 4114–4114
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Mohammed M. Abdull, Selvaraj Sivasubramaniam, G. V. S. Murthy, Clare Gilbert, Tafida Abubakar, Christian Ezelum, Mansur Rabiu
Abstract
The high proportion of avoidable blindness, with half being attributable to cataract alone and uncorrected refractive errors being responsible for 57% of moderate visual impairment, means that appropriate and accessible refraction and surgical services need to be provided. If priority attention is not given, the number of blind and severely visually impaired adults in Nigeria will increase by >40% over the next decade.
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