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World Health Organization : Year 1989 ; World Health Organization, Prevention of Blindness, No. 89.16: Report of the Interregional Meeting on Control of Corneal Blindness Within Primary Health Care Systems

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Title: World Health Organization : Year 1989 ; World Health Organization, Prevention of Blindness, No. 89.16: Report of the Interregional Meeting on Control of Corneal Blindness Within Primary Health Care Systems  
Author: World Health Organization
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Language: English
Subject: Health., Public health, Wellness programs
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Organization, W. H. (n.d.). World Health Organization : Year 1989 ; World Health Organization, Prevention of Blindness, No. 89.16. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/


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INTRODUCTION An interregional meeting on Control of Corneal Blindness within Primary Health Care Systems was convened in Tunis, Tunisia from 14 to 17 November 1988.

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1. REVIEW OF DATA ON CORNEAL BLINDNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 2 2. PATHWAYS TO CORNEAL BLINDNESS . . . . . . . . 4 2 . 1 Trachoma and a s s o c i a t e d infections . . . . 2 . 2 C o r n e a l u l c e r a t i o n . . . . . , . . . . 4 , . ,, 2 . 3 X e r o p h t h a l m i a . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.4 Ocular t r a u m a . . . , . . . . . . * 7 . , 2 . 5 O t h e r p a t h w a y s t o c o r n e a l blindness . . . . . . 7 2 . 5 . 1 D p h r h a l m i a n e o n a t o r u r n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ! ' $. 7 2 . 5 . 2 O c u l a r l e p r o s y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' A 7 2 . 5 . 3 . O n c h o c e r c i a s i s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I: 8 2.5.4 N o n - a p p r o p r i a t e surgical p r o c e d u r e s leading to blindness . . 8 2 . 5 . 5 Harmful eye p r a c t f c e s . . . . . . , . . . . . . .' 9 2 . 5 . 6 C o r t i c o s t e r o i d s in o p h t h a l m i c preparations . . . . . . . '. 9 , , 3. PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES . . . . . . , * . . . . . , . . . . 9 4. MANAGEMENT AT THE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE LEVEL . . . , . . . . . , . 1 0 , , L . 1 Trachoma . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . ,, , , 1 0 $ 1 4.2 C o r n e a l u l c e r s . . . * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4.3 X e r o p h t h a l m i a . . . . . . * . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4.4 C o r n e a l t r a u m a . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' I 12 4.5 O p h t h a l m i a neonatorurn . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4.6 O c u l a r l e p r o s y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . 13 4.7 O n c h o c e r c i a s i s . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . 13 I 5 . COMMUNITY PARTICIPATXON AND HEALTH EDUCATION . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6 I 6. INTERSECTORAL COOPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 I + I CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i 16 1 ANNEX L : AGENDA . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . 1 9 ANNEX 2 : LIST OF PARTICIPANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 ANNEX 3 : SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . 22

 
 



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