Epidemiology of eye diseases among children with disability in rural Bangladesh: a population-based cohort study.
Mohammad MuhitTasneem KarimIsrat JahanMahmudul Hassan Al ImamManik Chandra DasGulam KhandakerPublished in: Developmental medicine and child neurology (2021)
The burden of blindness/SVI/visual impairment is high among children with disability in rural Bangladesh, mostly due to avoidable causes. Overrepresentation of CP and cortical blindness in the group with blindness/SVI and refractive error in the group with visual impairment highlights the need for integration of ophthalmology assessment, eye care, and refraction services in comprehensive health care for children with disability including CP in rural Bangladesh.