Understanding patient health-seeking behaviour to optimise the uptake of cataract surgery in rural Kenya, Zambia and Uganda: findings from a multisite qualitative study.

Background: Cataract is a major cause of visual impairment globally, affecting 15.2 million people who are blind, and another 78.8 million who have moderate or severe visual impairment.

Livelihood outcomes in a cohort of youth with disabilities following participation in an economic empowerment programme in rural Uganda.

Background: Little evidence exists on the livelihoods of young people with disabilities in low- and middle-income settings.

Objective: This study examined employability and livelihood outcomes among a cohort of youth with disabilities who participated in an economic empowerment programme in rural Uganda.

Methods: Prospective cohort of youth with disabilities participating in an economic empowerment programme in rural Uganda.

After 70 years of fighting an age-old scourge, onchocerciasis in Uganda, the end is in sight.

Onchocerciasis causes severe itching, serious skin disease and ocular damage leading to visual impairment or permanent blindness. It is associated with hanging groin, epilepsy, Nakalanga dwarfism and, most recently, nodding disease. This disease affected communities in 17 transmission foci in 37 districts of Uganda, where about 6.