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Child Cataract
Recent research has suggested a significant shift in the causes of blindness in children. Vitamin A deficiency and measles have become less common in most countries, probably because of successful drives to increase coverage of children with vitamin A supplementation and measles immunization. Congenital and developmental child cataract are assuming a relatively more important place than corneal conditions due to vitamin A deficiency and measles as causes of childhood blindness in Africa.
Generating estimates of the number of children blind due to child cataract is limited by many factors,
including the lack of population-based estimates, the likelihood that children with cataract will have
higher mortality compared to children without cataract, and poor information systems to report
children receiving surgery. From the existing literature, it is estimated that, per million population
(whole population) there are likely to be a backlog of 100 children with child cataract.
Would you like to have more information about child cataract, the causes and treatments by Dark and Light Blind Care? Or do you want to know more about the current situation on child cataract? Contact us by e-mail: info@darkandlight.eu
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