[Intraocular pressure in the Benin: screening for primary open-angle glaucoma].

Purpose: To describe the main characteristics of intraocular pressure (IOP) in Benin, the frequency of ocular hypertension (OHT) and primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).

Material And Methods: A retrospective study was conducted in a private ophthalmological clinic in Cotonou, Benin, between January 1 and June 30, 2001. It involved 4159 patients aged 20 years and over in whom IOP was systematically measured within a glaucoma screening program.

[A case of Waardenburg-Klein syndrome observed at the Cotonou NUHC].

Waardenburg-Klein syndrome is an "Oculo-dermato-auditif" dysplasia described in 1947 by Waardenburg and by Klein in 1950. Canthus dystopia and congenital deafness are the main symptoms. Three clinical types have been reported: type I: presents the full symptomatology; type II: without canthus dystopia; type III: presents not only the complete syndrome but also an orthro-osteomyodysplasia of the upper limbs.

[Blindness in Benin].

A population-based survey of the prevalence and cause of blindness and poor vision was conducted in the Republic of Benin in 1990 using a stratified cluster random sampling procedure. The survey was designed and implemented through the collaboration of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Benin and the Programme for the Prevention of Blindness of the World Health Organization (WHO/PBL). Survey data were analyzed at the International Centre for Eye Health, Institute of Ophthalmology, University of London, United Kingdom.