Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness in Barisal Division of Bangladesh
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Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness in Bhola, Barguna, and Jhalokati Districts of Bangladesh
- The all-age prevalence of blindness for above 3 districts is estimated to be 0.93%.
- The all-age magnitude of blindness for is estimated to be 30,193 people out of a population of 3.2 million.
- Avoidable causes of blindness (operated and un-operated cataract, refractive error and corneal scar, glaucoma) accounted for 98.6% of blindness,99.2% of severe visual impairment and 98.8% of moderate visual impairment.
- Cataract (91.5%) and sequelae related to cataract extraction (5.6%) accounted for 97.1% of all causes of bilateral blindness.
- Posterior segment disease (including glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration, other globe/CNS abnormality) is responsible for 2.9% of bilateral blindness.
- 48.7% of people with bilateral cataract VA<3/60 had had surgery and 22.9% at VA<6/18.
Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness in Barisal, Potuakhali and Pirojpur Districts of Bangladesh
- The all-age prevalence of blindness for above 3 districts is estimated to be 1.01%.
- The all-age magnitude of blindness for is estimated to be 49,409 people out of a population of 4.9 million.
- Avoidable causes of blindness (operated and un-operated cataract, refractive error and corneal scar, glaucoma) accounted for 98.6% of blindness,99.2% of severe visual impairment and 98.8% of moderate visual impairment.
- Cataract (85.2%) and sequelae related to cataract extraction(6.2%) accounted for 91.4% of all causes of bilateral blindness.
- Posterior segment disease (including glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration, other globe/CNS abnormality) is responsible for 5.6% of bilateral blindness.
- 59.6% of people with bilateral cataract VA<3/60 had had surgery and 26.6% at VA<6/18.
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