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Ophthalmic Epidemiology Volume 22, 2015 - Issue 3: Trachoma
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Task Shifting for Eye Care in Eastern Africa: General Nurses as Trichiasis Surgeons in Kenya, Malawi, and Tanzania

Michael GichangiMinistry of Health, Kenya,
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Khumbo KaluaDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Malawi, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi, ;Blantyre Institute for Community Ophthalmology, Lions Sight First Eye Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi,
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Ernest BarassaMinistry of Health, Kenya,
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Edson EliahKilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology Tanzania, Moshi, Tanzania, and
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Susan LewallenKilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology Tanzania, Moshi, Tanzania, and ;Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology International, Division of Ophthalmology, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Paul CourtrightKilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology Tanzania, Moshi, Tanzania, and ;Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology International, Division of Ophthalmology, University of Cape Town, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 226-230 | Received 15 Nov 2013, Accepted 28 Feb 2015, Published online: 09 Jul 2015

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