Abstract:13 Background 14 Research is a critical component amongst the strategies to improve health 15 outcomes of any country. The role of research assumes greater importance in 16 Africa as it carries a larger share of global burden of diseases, blindness and low 17 vision. "Vision 2020-the Right to Sight" is a WHO-IAPB collaborated initiative 18 aiming to eliminate preventable blindness by the year 2020. High quality research 19 in eye care is imperative for the initiative to succeed, however, there is a dearth of 2… Show more
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