Nigerian neonatologists perception and experience with retinopathy of prematurity.

Background: Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) is an avoidable condition that affects premature infants exposed to oxygen stresses at or soon after birth. In low- and middle-income countries, like Nigeria, neonatal mortality rates are high and very few infants live to develop ROP. With recent better care, ROP is now being diagnosed.

Eye health seeking habits and barriers to accessing curative services among blind beggars in an urban community in Northern Nigeria.

Objective: The aim of the following study was to determine the types of intervention sought by the blind street beggars and assess the barriers to accessing available eye care services.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among consenting blind street beggars in Sokoto, Nigeria between May and June, 2009. A semi-structured interview was conducted to probe issues on historical antecedents of the blindness and the eye heath seeking behavior including the use of traditional eye medications.

Exploring the options for alternative means of livelihood for Blind street beggars in Sokoto, Nigeria.

Aim: To explore the readiness of and the options for alternative means of livelihood for Blind Street beggars in Sokoto, Nigeria, with a view to achieving the millennium development goals.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a Local Government Area (LGA), in Sokoto State over a 6 weeks period (May/June, 2009). Ethical clearance was obtained from the Ethical Committee of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital.

The Sokoto blind beggars: causes of blindness and barriers to rehabilitation services.

Purpose: To determine the causes of blindness and the barriers to accessing rehabilitation services (RS) among blind street beggars (bsb) in Sokoto, Nigeria.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional survey of 202 bsb (VA < 3/60) using interviewer administered questionnaire. The causes of blindness were diagnosed by clinical ophthalmic examination.

Serpiginous choroiditis in a referral clinic in India: visual field changes and clinical correlates.

Purpose: To report the visual field changes in patients with serpiginous choroiditis as seen in a referral clinic in India.

Methods: A retrospective noncomparative case series was conducted. Twenty-nine eyes of 17 patients who were diagnosed with serpiginous choroiditis were included in the study.