Does Cataract Surgery Alleviate Poverty? Evidence from a Multi-Centre Intervention Study Conducted in Kenya, the Philippines and Bangladesh

BACKGROUND: Poverty and blindness are believed to be intimately linked, but empirical data supporting this purported relationship are sparse. The objective of this study is to assess whether there is a reduction in poverty after cataract surgery among visually impaired cases. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL F...

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Autores principales: Kuper, Hannah, Polack, Sarah, Mathenge, Wanjiku, Eusebio, Cristina, Wadud, Zakia, Rashid, Mamunur, Foster, Allen
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2976760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21085697
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015431

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2976760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21085697
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015431

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