Comm Eye Health Vol. 20 No. 63 2007. Published online 01 September, 2007
Refractive error
In the late 1990s, two papers from very different parts of the world, Australia and India, highlighted the fact that uncorrected refractive error was a significant cause of blindness and the major cause of impaired vision. It has become essential to plan and fund the solution to uncorrected refractive error.
Articles in this issue –
- Uncorrected refractive error: the major and most easily avoidable cause of vision loss
- Presbyopia: prevalence, impact, and interventions
- Delivering refractive error services: primary eye care centres and outreach
- Making refractive error services sustainable: the International Eye Foundation model
- Sourcing acceptable spectacles
- Training to meet the need for refractive error services
- Test distance vision using a Snellen chart
- Community perceptions of refractive errors in Pakistan
- Experiences with optical centres in West Africa
- A public-private partnership to provide spectacles for Timor-Leste