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. 2001;14(40):53-6.

New issues in childhood blindness

Clare Gilbert  1
, editors.
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New issues in childhood blindness

Editor:Clare Gilbert. Community Eye Health. 2001.
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Children's eye care in Tanzania Photo: Sue Stevens
Table 1
Table 1
Regional Variation in the Causes of Blindness in Children: Descriptive Classification by World Bank Region (%)
Table 2
Table 2
Regional Variation in the Causes of Blindness in Children: Aetiological Categories by World Bank Region (%)
Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Pattern of Blindness in Children by Level of Socio-Economic Development
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References

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    1. World Health Organization, Geneva. Global Initiative for the Elimination of Avoidable Blindness. Geneva WHO/PBL/97.61.
    1. Gilbert C, Foster A, Negrel D, Thylefors B. Childhood blindness: a new form for recording causes of visual loss in children. Bull WHO. 1993;71:485–489. - PMC - PubMed
    1. World Health Organization, Geneva. Preventing blindness in children: Report of WHO/IAPB scientific meeting. (Unpublished document WHO/PBL/00.77)

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