Refractive error and visual functions in children with special needs compared with the first grade school students in oman.

Background: We evaluated the refractive status and visual function of children with special needs (other handicap) in 2010 and compared them with healthy 1(st) grade school students in Oman.

Materials And Methods: This was a cohort study. Optometrists recorded vision using a logarithm of minimum angle of resolution (LogMAR) chart.

Oman's progress towards reaching "Ultimate Intervention Goals" for the surgery "S" component of SAFE strategy for the elimination of blinding trachoma in 2008.

Background: A community based survey for Trachomatous Trichiasis (TT) was conducted in the high (TT >5% in 1997) and meso endemic areas (TT 1% to 5% in 1997) of Oman during 2008-09.

Methods: Investigators examined Omanis 40 age years and older from randomly selected villages. Eyes were examined for TT and vision.

Recurrence of trachomatous trichiasis 17 years after bilamellar tarsal rotation procedure.

Purpose: In 1989, World Health Organization consultant operated on trachomatous trichiasis (TT) cases in Dhakhiliya region of Oman. We evaluated their current ocular status.

Design: This was an historic cohort study.