Efficacy, safety and visual outcomes of cataract surgeries performed during blindness prevention programs in different locations in Kenya.

Purpose: To determine the visual outcomes achieved in terms of efficacy and safety during high-volume cataract surgery programs in different locations in Kenya.

Methods: Eight hundred eighty-one eyes of 849 patients underwent extracapsular cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation in a retrospective, observational, consecutive cohort study on patients who underwent cataract surgery in five programs that a Spanish non-governmental organization conducted between 2013 and 2019 for the prevention of blindness in different geographical areas of Kenya: Thika, Athi River, Kissi, Bagavathi, and Nakuru. The programs were carried out by Spanish and Kenyan surgeons working together.

Prevalence of visual impairment and refractive errors in an urban area of Mexico.

Aim: To determine the distribution of refractive errors in a school-age population in Quintana Roo (Mexico) in the framework of an international cooperation campaign for the prevention of blindness.

Methods: A sample of 2647 school-age children (ranging from 5 to 14 years old) with a mean age of 9.1±1.