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J Comm Eye Health Vol. 17 No. 49 2004

Low vision care: the need to maximise visual potential

EDITORIAL
Low vision care: the need to maximise visual potential
Ramachandra Pararajasegaram

ARTICLES
Vision assessment and prescription of low vision devices
Jill Keeffe

Establishing low vision services at secondary level
Hasan Minto, Haroon Awan

Low vision devices and training
Hasan Minto, Imran Azam Butt

Standard list for low vision services
VISION 2020 Low Vision Group

Evidence-base for low vision rehabilitation
Richard Wormald

ABSTRACTS
The development of the LV Prasad-Functional Vision Questionnaire: a measure of functional vision performance of visually impaired children
VK Gothwal, J E Lovie-Kitchin, R Nutheti

Low vision and blindness in adults in Gurage Zone, central Ethiopia
M Melese, W Alemayehu, S Bayu, T Girma, T Hailesellasie, R Khandekar, A Worku, P Courtright

A critical review of the SAFE strategy for the prevention of blinding trachoma
H Kuper, AW Solomon, J Buchan, M Zondervan, A Foster, D Mabey

Azithromycin treatment coverage in Tanzanian children using community volunteers
M Lynch, S West, B Munoz, KD Frick, HA Mkocha

Barriers to accessing low vision services
TL Pollard, JA Simpson, EL Lamoureux, JE Keeffe

Causes of low vision and blindness in rural Indonesia
Saw SM, Husain R, Gazzard GM, Koh D, Widjaja D, Tan DT

Prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment in Bangladeshi adults: results of the National Blindness and Low Vision Survey of Bangladesh
BP Dineen, RR Bourne, SM Ali, DM Huq, GJ Johnson

Causes of severe visual impairment and blindness in children in schools for the blind in Ethiopia
AB Kello, C Gilbert

Support for patients losing sight
S Trauzettel-Klosinski, GA Hahn

Modification of the no-stitch technique in extracapsular cataract extraction by a single radial suture. Effect on postoperative astigmatism
H Haberle, N Anders, S Drosch, DT Pham, J Wollensak

Strengthening capacity in developing countries for evidence-based public health: the data for decision-making project
M Pappaioanou, M Malison, K Wilkins, B Otto, RA Goodman, RE Churchill, M White, SB Thacker

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Astigmatism after sutureless cataract surgery
Dr. Kibata Githeko

Sterilising instruments
Ingrid Cox

EXCHANGE
Cuba is advancing positively towards the goals of VISION 2020
Lisa Macdonald, Elina Ceballos, Raul Hernandez

The value of volunteers
Marcia Zondervan

Sight restored at 101: a story from China
Sholto Chan

Gender and use of cataract surgical services: experiences from Munawwar Memorial Hospital in District Chakwal, Pakistan
Sajjad Haider, Arif Hussain Munawwar, Hans Limburg

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