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Ramachandra Pararajasegaram
Researcher at World Health Organization
Publications - 4
Citations - 4810
Ramachandra Pararajasegaram is an academic researcher from World Health Organization. The author has contributed to research in topics: Visual impairment & Epidemiology. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 4575 citations.
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Global data on visual impairment in the year 2002
Serge Resnikoff,Donatella Pascolini,Daniel Etya'ale,Ivo Kocur,Ramachandra Pararajasegaram,Gopal P. Pokharel,Silvio P Mariotti +6 more
TL;DR: Estimates from data on low vision and blindness as defined in the International statistical classification of diseases, injuries and causes of death, 10th revision show cataract remains the leading cause of visual impairment in all regions of the world, except in the most developed countries.
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2002 global update of available data on visual impairment: a compilation of population-based prevalence studies.
Donatella Pascolini,Silvio P Mariotti,Gopal P. Pokharel,Ramachandra Pararajasegaram,Daniel Etya'ale,A.-D. Négrel,Serge Resnikoff +6 more
TL;DR: Two-hundred-and-eight population-based studies onVisual impairment for 68 countries are reported in detail, providing an up-to-date, comprehensive compilation of the available information on visual impairment and its causes globally.
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Blindness prevention programmes: past, present, and future
TL;DR: The Global Initiative for the Elimination of Avoidable Blindness, launched in 1999, is a collaborative effort between WHO and a number of international nongovernmental organizations and other interested partners poised to take the steps necessary to achieve the goal of eliminating avoidable blindness worldwide by the year 2020.
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Trachoma: looking forward to Global Elimination of Trachoma by 2020 (GET 2020).
TL;DR: Evidence-based advances in knowledge and intervention strategies together with the additional financial resources now available offer opportunities for a concerted effort to control and eliminate blinding trachoma, long before the year 2020, in most countries.