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Tropical ophthalmology--prevention and therapy"Vision 2020--the right to sight"
(2004)
Worldwide 45 million people are blind, 180 million people are visually handicapped, 90% of all blind people are living in developing countries and 80% of blindness is preventable. The global economic productivity loss due ...
Comparison of ciprofloxacin ophthalmic solution 0.3% to fortified tobramycin-cefazolin in treating bacterial corneal ulcers. Ciprofloxacin Bacterial Keratitis Study Group
(University of Nairobi, 1996-11)
PURPOSE:
The purpose of the study is to compare the clinical efficacy and safety of ciprofloxacin ophthalmic solution 0.3% (Ciloxan) with a standard therapy regimen (fortified tobramycin, 1.3%-cefazolin, 5.0%) for ...
Social costs of visual handicap and blindness. Rehabilitation resources for blind patients
(University of Nairobi, 1992-12)
The number of blind and partially sighted persons in Germany is growing. Increasing social cost and human suffering are related. Measures to counteract this development (e.g. prevention, rehabilitation) are needed. This ...
Blindness and visual impairment in a region endemic for onchocerciasis in the Central African Republic
(1997)
AIMS:
A population based survey of blindness and visual impairment was conducted in the district of Bossangoa, Central African Republic.
METHODS:
A total of 48 communities were randomly selected, and 6086 people ...
Causes of failure of trabeculectomy (TET) among Kenyan Africans
(University of Nairobi, 1984)
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Retinal detachment in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(University of Nairobi, 1994-01)
Cytomegalovirus retinopathy is the most frequent opportunistic infection of the eye in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We studied 71 patients with cytomegalovirus retinopathy (n = 69) or acute ...
Cause of blindness in Bavaria. Evaluation of a representative sample from blindness compensation records of Upper Bavaria].
(1992)
Blindness certificates from the region of Oberbayern were studied to obtain data for the prevalence, incidence and the causes of blindness in Bavaria. This investigation reveals increasing rates for the prevalence and ...
Traditional herbal eye medicine in Kenya.
(1994)
A study was conducted in Kenya on 16 traditional healers in order to obtain information about their knowledge of eye conditions, the herbal medicines they used, and their indications for referral to ophthalmologists. ...
Retinal hemorrhages in kala-azar.
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1982-09)
Etiology of secondary glaucoma at university clinics in Munich and Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 1995-08)
Glaucoma is one of the most common blinding diseases worldwide. For early detection and treatment of this insidious ailment investigations of risk factors are necessary, most of which require extensive technically demanding ...