Prevalence of visual impairment and associated factors among children in Ethiopia: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
Denekew Tenaw AnleyRahel Mulatie AntenehYibeltal Shitu TegegneOshe Lemita FeredeMelkamu Aderajew ZemeneDessie Abebaw AngawAbraham TeymPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Visual impairment among children in Ethiopia is still a public health problem one year later to VISION 2020, a global initiative aimed to eliminate avoidable blindness. All most one out of fourteen children in Ethiopia had visual impairment. Therefore, the government of Ethiopia should focus on effective, efficient, comprehensive eye health care services by integrating with the national health system to prevent avoidable visual impairment among children.