Population need for primary eye care in Rwanda: A national survey

Tess Bright, Hannah Kuper, David Macleod, David Musendo, Peter Irunga and Jennifer L Y Yip

PLOS ONE, 2018, vol. 13, issue 5, 1-15

Abstract: Background: Universal access to Primary Eye Care (PEC) is a key global initiative to reduce and prevent avoidable causes of visual impairment (VI). PEC can address minor eye conditions, simple forms of uncorrected refractive error (URE) and create a referral pathway for specialist eye care, thus offering a potential solution to a lack of eye health specialists in low-income countries. However, there is little information on the population need for PEC, including prevalence of URE in all ages in Sub-Saharan Africa. Methods: A national survey was conducted of people aged 7 and over in Rwanda in September-December 2016. Participants were selected through two-stage probability proportional to size sampling and compact segment sampling. VI (visual acuity

Date: 2018
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