Epidemiology and visual outcomes of ocular injuries in a low resource country.

Background: Ocular injury is a major cause of ocular morbidity and unilateral visual impairment and represents a considerable public health concern especially in low resource societies.

Objective: To evaluate the epidemiology and visual outcomes of ocular injuries in southern Ghana.

Methods: A retrospective hospital-based case series was conducted.

The practise of paediatric optometry in a low-resource environment.

Background: The role of optometrists in paediatric visual assessment must compliment the role of other eye-care practitioners at all levels of care. This study was undertaken to determine if optometrists in Ghana screen, diagnose and manage paediatric ocular conditions (for example, strabismus, amblyopia), and further assessed if optometrists in Ghana have the requisite paediatric instrumentation in their practices.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive survey involving optometrists in both public and private eye-care sectors in Ghana.