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Overcoming Gender Inequity in Prevention of Blindness and Visual Impairment in Africa

BACKGROUND: Globally, and in Africa, after adjusting for age, women are about 1.4 times more likely to be blind than men. While women generally live longer than men, the lack of accessibility to and use of services is likely the most important reason for excess blindness in women in Africa. AIM: We...

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Autores principales: Mganga, Herrieth, Lewallen, Susan, Courtright, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3119299/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21731318
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.80695