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2011 VISION 2020 MEETING - EVALUATION FORM FEEDBACK
2011 ANNUAL MEETING OF VISION 2020 COMMITTEES-REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE CARIBBEAN
EVALUATION FORM FEEDBACK
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Barbados Eye Study 2010
Causes of visual loss and their risk factors: an incidence summary from the Barbados Eye Studies.
M. Cristina Leske, Suh-Yuh Wu, Barbara Nemesure, Anselm Hennis and Barbados Eye Studies Group
Objectives. To summarize incidence and risk factors for each main cause of visual loss in an African-Caribbean population and discuss the implications of these data from a public health perspective.
Glaucoma Study - FISH April-May 2010 Jamaica
A cross-sectional, descriptive study to measure: Knowledge, attitudinal and behavioural (social practices) effects which a positive diagnosis of glaucoma may have on affected patients of the Eye Department of the FISH Medical Clinic, Gordon Town Road, St. Andrew, Jamaica.
Researcher: Arvel Grant, B.Sc-Sw (Hons) DPA, MPH
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Vision 2020 Strategic Framework - Caribbean 2010
Blindness and low vision are a public health problem throughout the world, this is why the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) together with NGOs have launched VISION 2020 - the global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness. This initiative that brings together governments, WHO, international and national NGOs, as well as associations of professionals in eye care, aims to determine global, regional and national plans of action in prevention of avoidable blindness and inclusive services. In the Caribbean VISION 2020 was officially launched in Trinidad-Tobago in April 2000.
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