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
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The epidemiology of cataract in Nepal
Associations among cataract prevalence, sunlight hours, and altitude in the Himalayas
The relationship between cataract prevalence, altitude, and sunlight hours was investigated in a large national probability sample survey of 105 sites in the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal, December 1980 through April 1981. Cataract of senile or unknown etiology was diagnosed by ophthalmologists in 873 of 30,565 full-time life-long residents of survey sites. Simultaneously, the altitude… Continue reading Associations among cataract prevalence, sunlight hours, and altitude in the Himalayas