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J Epidemiol Community Health 2009;63:70 doi:10.1136/jech.2009.096727r
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Poverty and blindness: an intervention study to assess the impact of cataract surgery on poverty

  1. H. Kuper1,
  2. S. Polack2,
  3. C. Eusebio3,
  4. W. Mathenge2,
  5. Z. Wadud4,
  6. R. Mamun4,
  7. A. Foster2
  1. 1
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
  2. 2
    Department of Infectious and Tropical Disease, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
  3. 3
    Cataract Foundation of the Philippines, Bacolod, the Philippines
  4. 4
    Child Sight Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh

      Objective

      To assess the association between poverty and visually impairing cataract, and the impact of cataract surgery on alleviating poverty.

      Design

      Multicentre intervention study.

      Setting

      Centres in Kenya, Bangladesh and the Philippines. Baseline assessment was in 2005–2006, with follow-up one year later.

      Participants

      We recruited 596 cases and 481 controls, aged ≥50 years. Cases had visual acuity (VA) ≤3/36 in the …

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