Prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment in Kogi state, Nigeria-Findings from a Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness survey.

Purpose: To determine the prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment among adults in Kogi, Nigeria.

Methods: A Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness (RAAB) protocol was used with additional tools measuring disability and household wealth to measure the prevalence of blindness and visual impairment (VI) and associations with sex, disability, wealth, cataract surgical coverage and its effectiveness.

Results: Age- and sex-adjusted all-cause prevalence of bilateral blindness was 3.

Trainee ophthalmologists' opinions on ways to improve cataract surgical rate.

Objective: To know the opinions of trainee ophthalmologists on ways to improve cataract surgical rate (CSR) with a view to having insight into actions that should be of high priority for achieving this improvement.

Methods: A survey of 27 trainee ophthalmologists using structured self-administered questionnaire.

Results: Most trainees had a positive view about actions towards raising CSR: Structured ophthalmic training- 25 (92.