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Original Article

Avoidable Waste in Ophthalmic Epidemiology: A Review of Blindness Prevalence Surveys in Low and Middle Income Countries 2000–2014

Jacqueline RamkeUniversity of Auckland, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Auckland, New ZealandCorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-5764-1306
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Hannah KuperLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, International Centre for Eye Health, Clinical Research Unit, Department of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, London, UK
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Hans LimburgHealth Information Services, Grootebroek, Netherlands
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Jennifer KinlochBath Spa University, College of Liberal Arts, Bath, UK
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Wenhui ZhuThe First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Department of Ophthalmology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Van C. LansinghHelp Me See Latin America, Instituto Mexicano de Oftalmologia, Queretaro, Mexico
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Nathan CongdonQueen’s University Belfast, TREE, Centre for Public Health, Belfast, UK;Sun Yat-sen University, Preventive Ophthalmology Department, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Guangzhou, China;Orbis International, NY, USA
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Allen FosterLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, International Centre for Eye Health, Clinical Research Unit, Department of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, London, UK
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Clare E GilbertLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, International Centre for Eye Health, Clinical Research Unit, Department of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, London, UK
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Pages 13-20 | Received 26 Feb 2017, Accepted 03 May 2017, Published online: 08 Sep 2017

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