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Blindness
New blindness research from University of Cambridge outlined
June 18th, 2009
According to recent research published in the journal Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, "Uncontrolled trachoma is a leading cause of blindness. Current global trachoma burden summary measures are presented as disability adjusted life years but have limitations due to inconsistent methods and inadequate population-based data on trachomatous low vision and blindness." "We aimed to describe more completely the burden of blinding trachoma in Southern Sudan using health expectancies. Age and gender specific trachomatous trichiasis (TT) prevalence was estimated from 11 districts in Southern Sudan. The distribution of visual acuity (VA) in persons with TT was recorded...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-06-18)
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