Background: There are no recent data on the prevalence and causes of blindness in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The aim of our study was to estimate the prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment in the population aged 50 years and above in the Occupied Palestinian Territories using the Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB) survey method.
Methods And Findings: Clusters of 40 people who were 50 years and above were selected with probability proportionate to size using a multistage cluster random sampling method.