Performance based financing and job satisfaction in a semiurban health district in Cameroon.

The performance based financing approach is being tested in four regions of Cameroon, including the Littoral region. Our study aimed to study the effects associated with the implementation of the performance based financing approach within the health facilities based in the health district of Edea in the Littoral region in Cameroon. We've carried out a crosssectional analytical study among 178 health personnel from 21 health facilities under PBF-contract within the health district of Edea.

Color vision deficiency among biomedical students: a cross-sectional study.

Purpose: To determine the prevalence of color vision deficiency (CVD) among first-cycle students of the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Yaoundé I.

Patients And Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out between October 1, 2015 and May 31, 2016. Distant visual acuity was measured and color vision test done for all consenting students.

Stages of development of traditional simulation unit of surgery for manual extra capsular cataract extraction in sub-Saharan African region.

The manual extracapsular extraction of the lens is the surgical technique that is most practiced for the treatment of cataract in sub-Saharan Africa. Learning this technique requires the creation of a surgical simulation unit within training institutes. We describe the development stages of a traditional simulation unit.

Association of insulin treatment versus oral hypoglycaemic agents with diabetic retinopathy and its severity in type 2 diabetes patients in Cameroon, sub-Saharan Africa.

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic metabolic disease associated with multiple macro and microvascular complications, diabetic retinopathy (DR) being the commonest one. Recent literature has reported an increased risk of DR with insulin use.

Methods: We carried out a cross-sectional study at the Ophthalmology Department of the Douala General Hospital (DGH) during a 2-year period to explore the association between insulin treatment and both DR and its severity as compared with oral hypoglycemic agents (OHAs) in Cameroonian T2DM patients aged ≥35 years, and who were all screened for DR through eye examination including exhaustive retinal evaluation.

Diabetes and visual impairment in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from Cameroon.

Background: "Vision 2020 - the right to sight" is a program which purpose is to eliminate avoidable blindness by the year 2020 through the implementation of concrete action plans at the national and district levels. Accordingly, baseline data are needed for the planning, monitoring, follow-up and evaluation of this program. The present study aimed to better characterize visual impairment and blindness in Cameroonian diabetics by providing with baseline data on the prevalence and main causes of these affections.

Epidemiology and treatment outcomes of diabetic retinopathy in a diabetic population from Cameroon.

Background: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the most common microvascular complication of diabetes. It can lead to significant visual loss. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and clinical profile of diabetic retinopathy, and assess the outcomes of laser photocoagulation therapy in a diabetic population in Cameroon.

Refractive errors in Cameroonians diagnosed with complete oculocutaneous albinism.

Background: Albinism causes significant eye morbidity and amblyopia in children. The aim of this study was to determine the refractive state in patients with complete oculocutaneous albinism who were treated at the Gynaeco-Obstetric and Paediatric Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon and evaluate its effect on vision.

Methods: We carried out this retrospective study at the ophthalmology unit of our hospital.

Eye malformations in Cameroonian children: a clinical survey.

Summary: The aim of this work was to describe the clinical aspects of eye malformations observed at the ophthalmology unit of the Yaoundé Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital.

Patients And Methods: We carried out a retrospective study of all malformations of the eye and its adnexae observed among children aged 0-5 years who were seen at the ophthalmology unit from January 2003 to December 2009.

Results: Out of the 2254 children who were examined, 150 (6.

Prevalence and causes of blindness at a tertiary hospital in Douala, Cameroon.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and causes of bilateral and unilateral blindness in the town of Douala and its environs based on data from the ophthalmic unit of a tertiary hospital in Douala.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective epidemiological survey of consultations at the eye unit of the Douala General Hospital over the last 20 years (from January 1, 1990 to December 31, 2009).

Results: Out of the 1927 cases of blindness, 1000 were unilateral, corresponding to a hospital prevalence of 1.

Secondary cataract: an epidemiologic and clinical survey at the Yaounde Gynaeco-obstetric and Paediatric Hospital.

Objective: To determine the incidence and risk factors of secondary cataract.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective study involving a review of medical records in the ophthalmology unit of the Yaoundé Gynaeco-obstetric and Paediatric Hospital in Yaoundé, Cameroon, was carried out. All patients who had cataract surgery between January 2006 and September 2010 were included.

Indications for destructive eye surgeries at the Yaounde Gynaeco-Obstetric and Paediatric Hospital.

Objective: To determine the indications and rate of acceptance for destructive eye surgeries at the ophthalmology unit of the Yaoundé Gynaeco-Obstetric and Paediatric Hospital.

Methods: A retrospective consecutive case series in which the medical records of all patients consulting in this unit over a 9-year period (2002 to 2010) were reviewed. Records in which destructive surgery was recommended were retained.

[Diabetic retinopathy in black Africans: an angiographic study].

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is an important public health issue worldwide. This retrospective and descriptive study took place at the diabetic retinopathy (DR) prevention and management project at the Central Hospital in Yaoundé between November 2007 and December 2008. Our aim was to analyse the characteristics of diabetic retinopathy in black Africans.

Central corneal thickness and intraocular pressure in the Cameroonian nonglaucomatous population.

Aim: We performed a prospective, analytical study from 01 January to 31 March 2009 in the Ophthalmology Unit of the Gyneco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital of Yaounde, aiming to determine the profile of central corneal thickness (CCT) in the Cameroonian nonglaucomatous black population and its relationship with intraocular pressure (IOP).

Results And Discussion: Four hundred and eighty-five patients (970 eyes) meeting our inclusion criteria were selected for this study. The average CCT was 529.

[Eye disease in children aged 6 to 15 years: a hospital-based study in Yaounde].

Unlabelled: This prospective study was conducted in the ophthalmology department of the Gynaeco-Obstetric and Paediatric Hospital in Yaoundé and included 422 children recruited from January to April 2008. The aim was to identify the eye diseases seen frequently seen in school-aged children from 6 to 15 years and examine their epidemiological characteristics.

Results And Discussion: The study group included 201 boys and 221 girls, with a mean age of 10,3 +/- 3.

Prevalence and etiologies of visual handicaps in leprosy patients in the south of Cameroon.

Unlabelled: We report on a prospective study undertaken in April 2008, in 11 leper villages of the Southern Cameroon. Our aim was to determine the prevalence and the causes of bilateral blindness, low vision and unilateral blindness in the population of leprosy patients, irrespective of the clinical aspects of the illness.

Results: Two hundred thirty-five known and newly diagnosed leprosy patients were examined.

Intraocular live male filarial Loa loa worm.

We report a case of Loa loa filariasis in an 8-month-old child who presented with a 3-month history of irritated acute red eye and insomnia. Examination revealed a living and active adult Loa loa worm in the anterior chamber of the left eye. The worm was extracted under general anesthetic.

Surgical management of primary exotropia in Cameroon.

Aim: To assess the results of surgery of primary exotropia in Cameroon.

Patients And Methods: This is a retrospective study of all patients operated for primary exotropia in the Reference Hospital, Douala-Cameroon, between January 1992 and December 2005. Each case was operated once.

[Torticollis in a group of strabismic patients in Cameroon].

Purpose: Our aim was to study the characteristics of torticollis in a group of strabismic patients in Cameroon.

Patients And Methods: This was a prospective study carried out in the ophthalmology service of the General Hospital, Douala from January 1991 to December 2004. All strabismic patients followed up in our service were included in this study and they all had a complete strabologic and ophthalmological examination.

[Prevalence of glaucomas in a Black Cameroonian population].

Objectives: To determine the prevalence and the various types of glaucoma in a Black urban Cameroonian population.

Material And Method: A retrospective analysis of 1,343 glaucomatous patients' files (757 men and 586 women) from a total of 24,462 Cameroonian patients of all ages was carried out from January 1991 to December 2001 in the Douala General Hospital in Cameroon in Central Africa.

Results: The prevalence of glaucoma of all types is 5.