Purpose: Assess visual impairment in school children of upper-middle socioeconomic status
in Kathmandu for comparison with rural Jhapa District. Methods: Random selection of …

PURPOSE: To estimate the prevalence of near vision impairment and use of corrective
spectacles among middle-aged and older adults in different settings and ethnic groups …

Summary Background In 2021, WHO Member States endorsed a global target of a 40-
percentage-point increase in effective refractive error coverage (eREC; with a 6/12 visual …

Aim To determine the prevalence of blindness, visual impairment and the cataract surgical
coverage for people aged 50 years and older in the Lumbini Zone and the Chitwan District …

Purpose To estimate the nationwide prevalence of visual impairment and associated
refractive error in school children in Bhutan. Methods The sample of this prospective cross …

Purpose: The Gaur Eye Hospital, which provides eye care services to the people in
Rautahat and adjacent districts, completed 9 years of operation in 2006. Over 14,000 …

Purpose To estimate the prevalence, potential determinants, and proportion of met need for
near vision impairment (NVI) correctable with refraction approximately 2 years after initial …

Background Cataract is the leading cause of blindness globally. Effective cataract surgical
coverage (eCSC) measures the number of people in a population who have been operated …

Purpose: A nationwide rapid assessment of avoidable blindness survey was undertaken in
the Maldives among people aged 50 years or more to assess the prevalence and causes of …

Purpose To estimate the prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment,
cataract surgical coverage (CSC), visual outcome of cataract surgery, and barriers to uptake …