A major constraint to obtaining reliable information about blindness and its causes in developing countries is the limited availability of ophthalmologists for diagnosis in population-based surveys. This study in rural south India assessed the feasibility of using non-ophthalmologists to make diagnoses in a population-based survey. Ten men in their early twenties with 12 years of… Continue reading Rapid epidemiologic assessment of cataract blindness. The Aravind Rapid Epidemiologic Assessment Staff