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CMV retinitis screening and treatment in a resource-poor setting: three-year experience from a primary care HIV/AIDS programme in Myanmar

Author: Tun, NiNi ; London, Nikolas ; Kyaw, Moe ; Smithuis, Frank ; Ford, Nathan ; Margolis, Todd ; Drew, W Lawrence ; Lewallen, Susan ; Heiden, David Date: 2011 BACKGROUND: Cytomegalovirus retinitis is a neglected disease in resource-poor settings, in part because of the perceived complexity of care and because ophthalmologists are rarely accessible. In this paper, we describe a pilot programme of ... Read more c b
Magnitude and determinants of the ratio between prevalences of low vision and blindness in rapid assessment of avoidable blindness surveys

Author: Kaphle, Dinesh Date: 2016 Part A of the dissertation includes the protocol of the study, which was approved by Faculty of Health Sciences Human Research Ethics Committee, University of Cape Town. The study was observational analytical, aiming to determine the magnitude ... Read more
Setting targets for human resources for eye health in sub-Saharan Africa: what evidence should be used?

Author: Courtright, Paul ; Mathenge, Wanjiku ; Kello, Amir B ; Cook, Colin ; Kalua, Khumbo ; Lewallen, Susan Date: 2016 With a global target set at reducing vision loss by 25% by the year 2019, sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated 4.8 million blind persons will require human resources for eye health (HReH) that need to be available, appropriately skilled, ... Read more c b
Skills of general health workers in primary eye care in Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania

Author: Kalua, Khumbo ; Gichangi, Michael ; Barassa, Ernest ; Eliah, Edson ; Lewallen, Susan ; Courtright, Paul Date: 2014 BACKGROUND:Primary eye care (PEC) in sub-Saharan Africa usually means the diagnosis, treatment, and referral of eye conditions at the most basic level of the health system by primary health care workers (PHCWs), who receive minimal training ... Read more c b
Task shifting for cataract surgery in eastern Africa: productivity and attrition of non-physician cataract surgeons in Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania

Author: Eliah, Edson ; Lewallen, Susan ; Kalua, Khumbo ; Courtright, Paul ; Gichangi, Michael ; Bassett, Ken Date: 2014 BACKGROUND:This project examined the surgical productivity and attrition of non-physician cataract surgeons (NPCSs) in Tanzania, Malawi, and Kenya. METHODS: Baseline (2008-9) data on training, support, and productivity (annual cataract surgery ... Read more c b
Task shifting in primary eye care: how sensitive and specific are common signs and symptoms to predict conditions requiring referral to specialist eye personnel?

Author: Andriamanjato, Hery ; Mathenge, Wanjiku ; Kalua, Khumbo ; Courtright, Paul ; Lewallen, Susan Date: 2014 BACKGROUND:The inclusion of primary eye care (PEC) in the scope of services provided by general primary health care (PHC) workers is a 'task shifting' strategy to help increase access to eye care in Africa. PEC training, in theory, teaches ... Read more c b

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