Hypoxemia is defined as a condition where the arterial oxygen tension is below normal. It is a common complication of childhood infections, particularly respiratory tract infections, and non-respiratory infections. Children ...

Good parental knowledge and favorable attitude towards childhood blindness is important for early detection and management of the cause and prevention of the lifelong burden of childhood blindness. Objective: The aim of ...

The increased prevalence of visual impairment among diabetic patients has become a major public health problem. There is, however, limited information on the extent of visual impairment among diabetic patients in our ...

Low vision is a worldwide health problem in both developing and developed countries. According to global health estimator report and national survey of Ethiopia, global and national prevalence of low vision are 2.90% and ...

Self-medication defined as selection and use of medicines by individuals to treat self-recognized illnesses or symptoms. Worldwide, the prevalence of ophthalmic self-medication ranges from 23.3% to 73.6 %. When ophthalmic ...

Diabetic retinopathy is one of the most common microvascular complication of diabetes mellitus. It remains one of the leading cause of preventable blindness among working age adults around the world. There is paucity of ...

Strabismus/squint is an ocular misalignment in which the eyes are not properly aligned with each other. It is an avoidable cause of blindness, has a global prevalence which ranges from 2% to 6%. Knowledge of eye diseases ...

Near visual impairment is presenting near visual acuity of the eye worse than N6 at 40 cm distance. Teachers' regular duties, such as reading books, writing on the blackboard and recognizing students' faces need good near ...

Visual impairment refers to presenting distance visual acuity less than 6/12 in the better eye. It is a major public health problem with more than a billion people affected around the world. There are diminutive community-based ...

Glaucoma is a main blinding condition which, predispose patients to co morbid common mental disorders. Ethiopia in general and in the current study area in particular the prevalence of common mental disorders among glaucoma ...