The global cost of eliminating avoidable blindness
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Avoidable blindness: a world problem.
Daar is vier biljoen mense in die wêreld. Veertig miljoen van hulle is blind. As die verhouding tussen bevolkingsaanwas en blindheid nie verm inder nie, sal die syfer teen die einde van die eeu verdubbel wees. Ten minste 80% van die wêreld se blindheid kom voor in die ontwikkelende lande van A sië, Afrika en Latyns-Am erika. Die Internasionale Agentskap vir die Voorkom ing van Blindheid (I .A ....
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0301-4738
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.100554