Cargando…

Prevalence and Causes of Blindness and Visual Impairment in Sokoto State, Nigeria: Baseline Data for Vision 2020: The Right to Sight Eye Care Programme

PURPOSE: To estimate the prevalence of low vision and blindness, identify the causes, and suggest policies for an effective eye care program based on 2005 data from Sokoto State, Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A stratified two-stage cluster sampling method was used to quantify the prevalence of bli...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Muhammad, Nasiru, Mansur, Rabiu M., Dantani, Adamu M., Elhassan, Elizabeth, Isiyaku, Sunday
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Medknow Publications 2011
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3119280/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21731322 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.80700

Ejemplares similares

Impact of a 10-Year Eye Care Program in Sokoto, Nigeria: Changing Pattern of Prevalence and Causes of Blindness and Visual Impairment
por: Muhammad, Nasiru, et al.
Publicado: (2019)

Challenges of Trachoma Control: An Assessment of the Situation in Northern Nigeria
por: Rabiu, Mansur M., et al.
Publicado: (2011)

Changing patterns of cataract services in North-West Nigeria: 2005–2016
por: Muhammad, Nasiru, et al.
Publicado: (2017)

Impact Survey Results after SAFE Strategy Implementation in 15 Local Government Areas of Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara States, Nigeria
por: Mpyet, Caleb, et al.
Publicado: (2018)

Baseline Prevalence of Trachoma in 13 Local Government Areas of Borno State, Nigeria
por: Adamu, Mohammed Dantani, et al.
Publicado: (2022)

Baseline Prevalence of Trachoma in 21 Local Government Areas of Adamawa State, North East Nigeria
por: Adamu, Mohammed Dantani, et al.
Publicado: (2021)

VISION 2020: The Right to Sight in 7 Years?
por: C. Lansingh, Van, et al.
Publicado: (2013)

Addressing Residual Challenges of VISION 2020: The Right to Sight
por: Babalola, Olufemi E.
Publicado: (2011)

Current status of cataract blindness and Vision 2020: The right to sight initiative in India
por: Murthy, G V S, et al.
Publicado: (2008)

Determinants of Occupational Health Hazards among Roadside Automobile Mechanics in Sokoto Metropolis, Nigeria
por: Oche, Oche Mansur, et al.
Publicado: (2020)

Prevalence of Trachoma in Four Local Government Areas of Jigawa State, Nigeria
por: Mpyet, Caleb, et al.
Publicado: (2018)

Knowledge of HIV/AIDS and use of mandatory premarital HIV testing as a prerequisite for marriages among religious leaders in Sokoto, North Western Nigeria
por: Umar, Sambo Adamu, et al.
Publicado: (2012)

Intimate Partner Violence in Pregnancy: Knowledge and Experiences of Pregnant Women and Controlling Behavior of Male Partners in Sokoto, Northwest Nigeria
por: Oche, Oche Mansur, et al.
Publicado: (2020)

Using community volunteers to promote exclusive breastfeeding in Sokoto State, Nigeria
por: Qureshi, Asma Misbah, et al.
Publicado: (2011)

Perception and willingness to accept COVID-19 Vaccines: A cross-sectional survey of the general population of Sokoto State, Nigeria
por: Oche, Oche Mansur, et al.
Publicado: (2022)

Current status of schistosomiasis in Sokoto, Nigeria
por: Singh, Kiran, et al.
Publicado: (2016)

Assessing the Progress towards Achieving “VISION 2020: The Right to Sight” Initiative in Ghana
por: Morny, Enyam Komla Amewuho, et al.
Publicado: (2019)

Tracing Children with Blindness and Visual Impairment Using the Key Informant Survey in a District of North-Western Nigeria
por: Muhammad, Nasiru, et al.
Publicado: (2010)

Factors influencing complementary and weaning practices among women in rural communities of Sokoto state, Nigeria
por: Okafoagu, Nneka Christina, et al.
Publicado: (2017)

Integration of medicinal plants into the traditional system of medicine for the treatment of cancer in Sokoto State, Nigeria
por: Malami, Ibrahim, et al.
Publicado: (2020)

Antioxidant vitamin levels among preschool children with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Sokoto, Nigeria
por: Aghedo¹, Festus I, et al.
Publicado: (2013)

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding Prevention of Rheumatic Heart Disease among Primary Health-care Workers in Sokoto Metropolis, Sokoto State, Nigeria
por: Isezuo, Khadijat Omeneke, et al.
Publicado: (2023)

Childhood Hydrocephalus in Sokoto: Experience with 401 Series
por: Obanife, Henry Olayere, et al.
Publicado: (2021)

Governmental support for achieving “VISION 2020: the Right to Sight” in Iran: the cataract surgical rates
por: Hashemi, Hassan, et al.
Publicado: (2022)

Trachoma Mapping in Gombe State, Nigeria: Results of 11 Local Government Area Surveys
por: Mpyet, Caleb, et al.
Publicado: (2016)

Predictors of malaria in febrile children in Sokoto, Nigeria
por: Singh, Sanjay, et al.
Publicado: (2014)

Prevalence of Trachoma in Katsina State, Nigeria: Results of 34 District-Level Surveys
por: Mpyet, Caleb, et al.
Publicado: (2016)

Where are we in elimination of avoidable blindness after ten years of implementing ‘VISION 2020 The Right to the sight’ in Oman?
por: Khandekar, Rajiv
Publicado: (2012)

Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study
Publicado: (2020)

Attitude of nurses and pharmacists on adverse drug reactions reporting in selected hospitals in Sokoto, Northwest Nigeria
por: Umar, Muhammad Tukur, et al.
Publicado: (2016)

Effect of mastitis on some hematological and biochemical parameters of Red Sokoto goats
por: Garba, Bashiru, et al.
Publicado: (2019)

The accomplishments of the global initiative VISION 2020: The Right to Sight and the focus for the next 8 years of the campaign
por: Ackland, Peter
Publicado: (2012)

Molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis of orf virus isolated from goats in Sokoto metropolis, Nigeria
por: Lawal, Nafi'u, et al.
Publicado: (2021)

Mapping Trachoma in Kaduna State, Nigeria: Results of 23 Local Government Area-Level, Population-Based Prevalence Surveys
por: Muhammad, Nasiru, et al.
Publicado: (2016)

First report of Theileria annulata in Nigeria: Findings from cattle ticks in Zamfara and Sokoto States
por: Mamman, Adamu Haruna, et al.
Publicado: (2021)

Prevalence of Trachoma in Niger State, North Central Nigeria: Results of 25 Population-Based Prevalence Surveys Carried Out with the Global Trachoma Mapping Project
por: Adamu, Mohammed Dantani, et al.
Publicado: (2016)

Prevalence of Trachoma in Bauchi State, Nigeria: Results of 20 Local Government Area-Level Surveys
por: Mpyet, Caleb, et al.
Publicado: (2016)

Prevalence of trachoma in the area councils of the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria: results of six population-based surveys
por: Muhammad, Nasiru, et al.
Publicado: (2018)

Correction to: First report of Theileria annulata in Nigeria: Findings from cattle ticks in Zamfara and Sokoto States
por: Mamman, Adamu Haruna, et al.
Publicado: (2021)

Emergency Obstetric Hysterectomy in a Tertiary Hospital in Sokoto, Nigeria
por: Nwobodo, EI, et al.
Publicado: (2012)

Cannot write session to /tmp/vufind_sessions/sess_pasi8l21nebe3ancdfjuem27df