Eye Care in Developing Nations

By Larry Schwab

The number of the millions of blind in the world continues to grow, causing needless social and economic deprivation. Most of these blind can be cured, and much of the remainder prevented if all people had access to the simple and effective interventions that already exist. In this newly revised fourth edition of 'Eye Care in Developing Nations', the author describes in practical detail, what these interventions consist of and how they can be readily implemented. This is the handyman's guide to delivering eye services to low-resource populations, whether they are pockets of poverty in otherwise affluent countries or broadly deprived populations living in the developing world. Demand for the first three editions from around the world has proved this book's value. In this expanded and updated edition all chapters have been revised to reflect developments in public health and in medical and surgical treatments and techniques. The book's value is further enhanced in the fourth edition by the greater emphasis given to clinical ophthalmology and the provision for the first time of colour photos and diagrams throughout.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1840761032
• ISBN13: 9781840761030
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 272 Pages

Customer Reviews

Must have reference for developing country eye work

The author does a great job of succinctly covering the most important causes of blindness and vision loss in the developing world into a handy sized book.Most ophthalmology and ocular pathology textbooks are written for North American and European clinicians in mind. The result of this is that important topics such as trachoma, nutritional blindness and river blindness are often scantly covered, if at all, as these conditions do not exist in industrialized countries. For Western clinicians considering going on an overseas mission to provide services in a developing area, this book is a must read. Outside of one or two other texts (such as "Eye Diseases Hot Climates" by Sandford-Smith), the only way to get information on some of the tropical conditions presented in this book would be to wade through a large number of seperate journal articles and WHO technical manuals/publications. For those already working in developing countries, this is a useful reference, good for refresher learning and full of practical advise from somebody who has spent years in the field.