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J Comm Eye Health Vol. 17 No. 50 2004

Childhood cataract: magnitude, management, economics and impact

EDITORIAL
Childhood cataract: magnitude, management, economics and impact
BR Shamanna and R Muralikrishnan

ARTICLES
Childhood cataract: home to hospital
Mohammad A Muhit

Surgery for congenital cataract
David Yorston

Evidence for the effectiveness of interventions for congenital, infantile and childhood cataract
Richard Wormald

Measuring vision in children
Petra Verweyen

ABSTRACTS
Engaging families in health services research on childhood visual impairment: barriers to, and degree and nature of bias in, participation
J S Rahi, I Manaras, H Tuomainen, G Lewando Hundt

Evaluation of screening procedures for congenital cataracts
G Magnusson, G P Jakobsson, U Kugelberg, A Lundvall, E Maly, K Tornqvist, M Abrahamsson, B Andreasson, MP Borres, U Broberger, L Hellstrom-Westas, R Kornfalt, N Nelson, J Sjostrand, K Thiringer

Outcome of lens aspiration and intraocular lens implantation in children aged 5 years and under
L Cassidy, J Rahi, K Nischal, I Russell-Eggitt, D Taylor

Is early surgery for congenital cataract a risk factor for glaucoma?
M Vishwanath, R Cheong-Leen, D Taylor, I Russell-Eggitt, J Rahi

EXCHANGE
Exchange

Episcleral nodules and hygiene
Samuel P John Garnett

Experiences in quality assurance at Bawku Hospital Eye Department, Ghana
Isaac Baba

Guidelines for re-sterilising sutures
Ingrid Cox

Introducing intraocular lens implantation at an eye centre in Yemen
Mahfouth A Bamashmus

Providing appropriate medical treatment for childhood cataract in remote tribal regions of India
L S Jhala

NEWS AND NOTICES
Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology Short Term Course on Management Training and Systems

Materials from the ICEH International Resource Centre

Royal College of Ophthalmologists: Examination Calendar 2004 (UK and Overseas)