Ophthalmology in Kenya

Whitfield, Randolph

doi:10.1001/archopht.1987.01060100140046

Archives of Ophthalmology

1987

DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1987.01060100140046

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Ophthalmology in Kenya

Randolph Whitfield¹

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“…3 The prevalence of blindness in the whole of Kenya was found to be 0 7% by the WHO definition. The prevalence of significant visual loss (visual acuity less than 6/18 in the better eye) was 2 5%.…”

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A prevalence survey of ophthalmic diseases among the Turkana tribe in north-west Kenya.

Loewenthal

Pe'er

1990

British Journal of Ophthalmology

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A prevalence survey of ophthalmic disease was conducted among the Turkana tribe in northwest Kenya. Altogether 900 people were examined in different sites of the semiarid and arid Turkana region. The findings show the prevalence of blindness to be 1-1% and the prevalence of blindness in one eye to be 6*8%. The major causes of blindness up to age 35 were corneal disease from xerophthalmia and trachoma and above age 45 cataract. Trauma was a major cause of monocular blindness. The prevalence of trachoma and its complications was 42-8% and the prevalence of cataract 5*2%. Cataract begins to form at an early age (25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35). The prevalence of xerophthalmia was 44%. These findings are similar to previously reported studies in Africa, especially in semiarid areas. The main remedy lies in improvement of education and the environment.

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A prevalence survey of ophthalmic diseases among the Turkana tribe in north-west Kenya.

Loewenthal

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1990

British Journal of Ophthalmology

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Ophthalmology in Ethiopia

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Courtright²

1991

Arch Ophthalmol

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Postoperative cataract surgery satisfaction in a rural Kenyan clinic

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Reshef

1997

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

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Ophthalmology in Kenya

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A prevalence survey of ophthalmic diseases among the Turkana tribe in north-west Kenya.

A prevalence survey of ophthalmic diseases among the Turkana tribe in north-west Kenya.

Ophthalmology in Ethiopia

Postoperative cataract surgery satisfaction in a rural Kenyan clinic

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