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Date Posted 26/10/2009
New screening method could mean clear vision for milllions of patients
Dr Thomas Shane of Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, has developed a new low cost screening programme that could help improve vision for patients in developing countries.
The programme incudes an electronic device called an auto-refractor, a vision chart and pre-made eyeglasses.
Dr Shane tested the programme in Mayan villages in southern Belize.
"This method requires minimal health care worker training and treatment time per patient," Dr Shane told the AAO-PAAO joint meeting in San Francisco.
"Compared to current practices in developing countries, our methods may be much more effective, especially where the need is grat but resources are limited."
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