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II International Meeting for the Prevention of Blindness in Developing Countries

Wellcome Preliminary Programme Inscriptions Instructions for Authors Papers

I - Tropical ophthalmology update.
    Onchocercosis.
    A vitamin deficency.
    Trachoma and S.A.F.E. strategy.
    Update in surgical techniques for trachoma sequela.
    Malaria retinopathy.
    Chagas Disease.
    Prevention for travellers to developing countries.

II - Preventable blindness in developing countries. Cataract and refractive errors.
    RAAB: Rapid assesment of avoidable blindness.
    How to plan a cataract Vision 2020 program.
    Outreach cataract surgical programs.
    Cataract surgical techniques in developing countries.
    Refractive errors: Prevalence and solutions.

III - Childhood blindness.
    Prevalence, magnitude and causes of childhood blindness. Avoidable causes of blindness in children.
    Retinopathy of prematurity.
    Congenital cataract.
    Amblyopia treatment update.

IV - Lecture.
    Sister Margaret. 25 years fighting blindness in Ethiopia.

V - Advocacy, community participation and health education to fight blindness better.
    Advocacy and health education.
    Gender and blindness.
    Community participation.

VI - Spanish NGOs working in prevention of blindness.
    Free papers.

VII - How could we improve our prevention of blindness projects? Training programes.
    International centre for eye health-London school of hygene and tropical medicine: MSc Community eye health.
    Training programes in Latin America: Fundación Visión. Paraguay.
    Training programes in Africa: Kilimanjaro centre for community ophthalmology.
    Stanard list of medicines, equipment, instruments, optical suplies and educational resources. Vision 2020.
    Susteinability in prevention of blindness programs.

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