Advanced search
Publication Cover
Ophthalmic Epidemiology Volume 10, 2003 - Issue 4
Submit an article Journal homepage
27
Views
17
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Cataract blindness in Chakwal District, Pakistan: Results of a survey

Sajjad Haider Munawwar Memorial Hospital, Chakwal, Pakistan
,
Arif Hussain International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
&
Hans Limburg Munawwar Memorial Hospital, Chakwal, PakistanCorrespondence [email protected]
Pages 249-258 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

References

  • Ghouri T. Situation Analysis of Eye Care Services in District Chakwal. MSc. Thesis, Pakistan Institute of Ophthalmology, 2000.
  • 1998 District Census Report of Chakwal. Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan, 2000.
  • Memon MS. Prevalence and causes of blindness in Pakistan. J Pakistan Med Assoc. 1992;Aug.: 196–198.
  • Unpublished document, Department of Community Ophthalmology, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan, 1990.
  • Limburg H, Kumar R, Indrayan A, Sundaram KR. Rapid assessment of prevalence of cataract blindness at district level. Int J Epidemiol. 1997; 26:1049–1054.
  • Limburg H, Kumar R. Follow-up study of blindness attibuted to cataract in Karnataka State, India. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 1998;5: 211–223.
  • Johnson GJ, Foster A. Prevalence, incidence and distribution of visual impairment. In: Johnson GJ, Minassian DC, Weale R. The epidemiology of eye diseases. Chapman & Hall, 1998; Chapter 1:6-3o.
  • Limburg H, Foster A. Cataract Surgical Coverage: an indicator to measure impact of cataract intervention programmes. Comm Eye Health. 1998;25:3–6.
  • Madan Mohan. National Survey of Blindness, India. New Delhi: Government of India, 1989.
  • In Rapid Assessment of Cataract Surgical Services, WHO/PBL/oL84. Geneva: WHO, 2001.
  • Thylefors B, Negrel A-D, Pararajasegaram R, Dadzie KY. Global data on blindness. WHO/PBL/94.4o. Geneva: WHO, 1994.
  • Global Initiative for the Elimination of Avoidable Blindness —Vision 2020, the Right to Sight. WHO/PBL/97.61 Rev. 1. Geneva: WHO, 1997.
  • Pokharel GP, Selvaraj S, Elwein LB. Visual functioning and quality of life outcomes among cataract operated and unoperated blind populations in Nepal. Br J Ophthalmol. 1998;82: 6o6-61o.
  • Dandona L, Dandona R, Nduvilath TJ, et al. Population-based assessment of the outcome of cataract surgery in an urban population in southern India. Am J Ophthalmol. 1999;127: 650–658.
  • Amansakhatov S, Volokhovskaya ZP, Afanasyeva AN, Limburg H. Cataract blindness in Turkmenistan, results of a national survey. Br J Ophthalmol. 2002;86: 1207–1210.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.