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Poverty and Blindness

Trachoma and poverty: unnecessary blindness further disadvantages the poorest people in the poorest countries

Heathcote R WrightCentre for Eye Research Australia, The University of Melbourne, WHO Collaborating Centre for the Prevention of Blindness, East Melbourne VIC, Australia;Vision CRC, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW, Australia
E‐mail: [email protected]Correspondence[email protected]
, MBBS,
Angus TurnerCentre for Eye Research Australia, The University of Melbourne, WHO Collaborating Centre for the Prevention of Blindness, East Melbourne VIC, Australia
, MBBS &
Hugh R TaylorCentre for Eye Research Australia, The University of Melbourne, WHO Collaborating Centre for the Prevention of Blindness, East Melbourne VIC, Australia;Vision CRC, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW, Australia
E‐mail: [email protected]
, AC MD
Pages 422-428 | Received 07 Jun 2007, Accepted 16 Aug 2007, Published online: 15 Apr 2021

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