Awareness of Glaucoma and Associated Factors Among Adults in Gish Abay Town, Northwest Ethiopia.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the awareness of glaucoma and associated factors among adults living in Gish Abay town, Northwest Ethiopia.

Methods: A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 594 adults who were selected using systematic random sampling from April to May 2018. Data were entered into Epi Info version 7 and were analyzed by SPSS version 23.

Prevalence and Associated Factors of Pterygium Among Adults Living in Kolla Diba Town, Northwest Ethiopia.

Background: Pterygium is a disfiguring disease that can potentially lead to blindness. It is more common in warm, windy and dry climates of tropical and sub-tropical regions of Africa. Globally, the prevalence ranging from 0.

Knowledge of glaucoma and associated factors among adults in Gish Abay town, Northwest Ethiopia.

Background: Glaucoma is a global public health problem and it is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Even though public knowledge of glaucoma is a key for early case identification and prevention of blindness, it is unknown in the study area, making provision of interventions difficult. Therefore, this study was intended to assess knowledge of glaucoma and associated factors among adults in Gish Abay town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018.