Correcting refractive error in low income countries

Correcting refractive error in low income countries.

In this editorial by Lisa Keay and David S Friedman (BMJ 2011;343:d4793, doi:10.1136/bmj.d4793) the authors mixed up their workplace affiliations. The workplace affiliation for Lisa Keay should have been the one given for David S Friedman, and vice versa.

More than meets the eye in correcting refractive error in low income countries.

The relation between administrative corruption & economic growth in low income and medium income countries

Corruption is almost exist in all human societies throughout thehistory. Any continuation of corruption in different ages made most ofresearchers and policy makers to consider corruption as an inevitablepart of human being challenges (Mukum, 2008).Administrative corruption is common in most developed and/orunder –developed countries.In other words, there is no country in the world that has note...

Global cost of correcting vision impairment from uncorrected refractive error.

OBJECTIVE To estimate the global cost of establishing and operating the educational and refractive care facilities required to provide care to all individuals who currently have vision impairment resulting from uncorrected refractive error (URE). METHODS The global cost of correcting URE was estimated using data on the population, the prevalence of URE and the number of existing refractive ca...

Comment on Editorial; Best Research for Low Income Countries

Achieving a practical and productive balance in collaborative research between partners from high and lower income countries (North-South Collaborations) requires seeking win-win solutions. This issue requires time to engage each other and to understand each participant’s research priorities and to identify areas of mutual interest. In SACTRC’s experience, key elements include; building researc...