Pathogenesis and Control of Blinding Trachoma
Pathogenesis and Control of Blinding Trachoma Jaya D. Chidambaram Chandler R. Dawson Thomas M. Lietman Trachoma is a chronic infectious keratoconjunctivitis that is a major cause of blindness in many…
Nutritional Blindness: Xerophthalmia and Keratomalacia
Nutritional Blindness: Xerophthalmia and Keratomalacia Alfred Sommer Xerophthalmia and keratomalacia are the most common, most devastating ocular diseases attributable to nutritional deficiency. In general, nutritional blindness refers specifically to these…
Cataract and Delivery of Surgical Services in Developing Nations
Cataract and Delivery of Surgical Services in Developing Nations Larry Schwab Hugh R. Taylor Jamie La Nauze MAGNITUDE OF CATARACT BLINDNESS The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that in 1990,…
Epidemiology of Ocular Trauma
Epidemiology of Ocular Trauma Tien Yin Wong James M. Tielsch Ocular trauma is an important, preventable public health problem worldwide. As many as half a million people in the world…
Ocular Protection from Solar Radiation
Ocular Protection from Solar Radiation Jonathan C. Javitt Hugh R. Taylor Each of us is exposed to some amount of sunlight. The extent of exposure can vary greatly depending on…
Measuring Vision and Vision Loss
Measuring Vision and Vision Loss August Colenbrander PART 1. INTRODUCTION: ASPECTS OF VISION LOSS In epidemiology, as in individual health care, it is important to know both the cause and…
Screening: Relationship to Diagnosis and Therapy
Screening: Relationship to Diagnosis and Therapy M. Cristina Leske Barbara S. Hawkins Leslie Hyman Päivi H. Miskala OVERVIEW Although primary prevention is directed to averting the initial occurrence of disease,…
Global Patterns of Blindness
Global Patterns of Blindness Lalit Dandona1 Professor Hannah Kuper2 Senior Lecturer Rakhi Dandona3 Additional Professor 1Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India; Professor, Global Health, Institute for Health Metrics…
Burden of Blindness and Visual Impairment in the Population
Burden of Blindness and Visual Impairment in the Population James M. Tielsch People do not really go blind by the million. They go blind individually, each in his own predicament….
Introduction to Geographic and Preventive Ophthalmology
Introduction to Geographic and Preventive Ophthalmology Hugh R. Taylor In 1991, Dr. Alfred Sommer, the initial editor of this section, wrote that “geographic” and “preventive” ophthalmology share a common tradition…
