title: Prevention and treatment of trachoma and the anti-blindness program.
abstract: The author considers the main causes of blindness in VIETNAM which are a little different from the studies of W.H.O. These are: 1. Trachoma. 2. Avitaminosis A. 3. Senile cataract. 4. Glaucoma. 5. Eye injuries in workers and in current life. For each cause, the author considers the efforts. Which are already made and which be made in the future. In case of trachoma, the author hopes that it will be eradicated in the year of 2000.
authors.affiliation: Institut d'Ophthalmologie, Hanoï, Vietnam.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Nguyen
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009313:National Health Programs; D014141:Trachoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology; D014802:Vitamin A Deficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014985:Xerophthalmia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control