STOP Glaucoma in Sub Saharan Africa: enhancing awareness, detection, management, and capacity for glaucoma care
| العنوان: | STOP Glaucoma in Sub Saharan Africa: enhancing awareness, detection, management, and capacity for glaucoma care |
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| المؤلفون: | Karim F. Damji, Abeba T Giorgis, Samreen Amin, Dan Kiage, Marco S, Samir Nazarali, Heiko Philippin, Neema Daniel |
| المصدر: | Expert Review of Ophthalmology. 12:197-206 |
| بيانات النشر: | Informa UK Limited, 2017. |
| سنة النشر: | 2017 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Sub saharan, genetic structures, media_common.quotation_subject, Biomedical Engineering, Glaucoma, Early detection, Context (language use), Limited access, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Excellence, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Socioeconomic status, media_common, business.industry, medicine.disease, eye diseases, First generation, Ophthalmology, 030221 ophthalmology & optometry, Optometry, sense organs, Medical emergency, business |
| الوصف: | Introduction: Glaucoma in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) poses a daunting challenge. Communities are often unaware of the serious implications of glaucoma and are faced with limited access to specialists, making early detection and management difficult. For those who have been diagnosed, socioeconomic barriers limit access to treatment.Since 2006, we have been involved in an innovative program we term ‘STOP Glaucoma in SSA’. The four main pillars of this program include building capacity, enhancing awareness, and improving glaucoma detection and management. The aim of this initiative is to train the first generation of highly qualified glaucoma subspecialist leaders and to develop centers of excellence for glaucoma care throughout SSA that are interconnected. Our ultimate aim is to reduce the burden of blindness from glaucoma in SSA.Areas covered: Our review addresses background context, provides learning from the first decade of this program, and offers solutions to help tackle the scourge of glaucoma ... |
| تدمد: | 1746-9902 1746-9899 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17469899.2017.1295848 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::f15464c88b98e96bd33f6dcf44b7fc68 https://doi.org/10.1080/17469899.2017.1295848 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi...........f15464c88b98e96bd33f6dcf44b7fc68 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 17469902 17469899 |
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| DOI: | 10.1080/17469899.2017.1295848 |