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Update on cataract and its management in Africa

Khumbo Kalua Department of Ophthalmology, University of Malawi, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi. [email protected]; Blantyre Institute for Community Ophthalmology, Lions Sight First Eye Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi; Department of Ophthalmology, University of Malawi, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi. [email protected]; Blantyre Institute for Community Ophthalmology, Lions Sight First Eye Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi
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Susan Lewallen Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology International, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology Tanzania, PO Box 2265, Moshi, Tanzania; Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology International, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology Tanzania, PO Box 2265, Moshi, Tanzania
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Paul Courtright Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology International, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology Tanzania, PO Box 2265, Moshi, Tanzania; Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology International, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology Tanzania, PO Box 2265, Moshi, Tanzania
Pages 297-302 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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