Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2009 Mar;22(69):4-5.

Blindness and cataract in children in developing countries

Parikshit Gogate  1 , Mohammad Muhit
Affiliations

Blindness and cataract in children in developing countries

Parikshit Gogate et al. Community Eye Health. 2009 Mar.
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

None
Finding blind children from the community. BANGLADESH
None
Young boy with cataract blindness. BANGLADESH
None
None
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Mwende J, Bronsard A, Mosha M, Bowman R, Geneau R, Courtright P. Delay in presentation to hospital for surgery for congenital and developmental cataract in Tanzania. Br J Ophthalmol. 2005;89:1478–1482. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Ericksen JR, Bronsard A, Mosha M, Carmichael D, Hall A, Courtright P. Predictors of poor follow-up in children that had cataract surgery. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2006;13(4):237–243. - PubMed
    1. Rahi JS, Gilbert CE, Foster A, Minassian D. Measuring the burden of childhood blindness. Br J Ophthalmol. 1999;83:387–388. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Gilbert C, Muhit M. Twenty years of childhood blindness: what have we learnt? Community Eye Health J. 2008;21(67):46–7. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Muhit MA, Shah SP, Gilbert CE, Hartley SD, Foster A. The key informant method: a novel means of ascertaining blind children in Bangladesh. Br J Ophthalmol. 2007;91:995–999. - PMC - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources