Results From the First Teleglaucoma Pilot Project in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Precis: A teleglaucoma case-finding model was utilized in Ethiopia using a high-risk case identification approach. An overall 7.9% of patients had definite glaucoma, and 13.

Ophthalmic manifestation of aids in Armed Forces General Teaching Hospital, Addis Ababa.

Background: The eye is one of the commonly affected organs by HIV/AIDS. However, data on HIV/AIDS related ophthalmic lesion is scarce in Ethiopia and in other sub-Saharan Africa countries, where two-third of the world-infected people are living.

Objective: To determine the proportion, describe the pattern, and assess the visual impairment of AIDS related ophthalmic lesions in comparison to CD+ T-lymphocyte count.

The pattern of glaucoma in Menelik II Hospital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Objectives: To describe the demographic and clinical profiles glaucoma and evaluate the magnitude of blindness among patients with glaucoma.

Patients And Methods: Cases with glaucoma that were seen at Menelik II hospital Addis Ababa between May 10, 1994 and May 9, 1997 were reviewed Data on relevant demographic and clinical variables were collected and analysed.

Results: A total of 1,586 glaucoma patients were seen at the glaucoma clinic during the study period.