title: Childhood blindness in Jamaica.
abstract: Examinations were performed on the 108 blind Jamaican children (VA less than 6/60 in the better eye) in residential care. The congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) was the leading preventable cause of childhood blindness, accounting for 22% of children examined. Improvement of the rubella immunisation programme and the introduction of appropriate surgical procedures constitute recent attempts to combat childhood blindness.
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Council Laboratories, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Moriarty
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001766:Blindness / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002386:Cataract / Q000151:congenital; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000151:congenital; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D007563:Jamaica; D008297:Male; D009896:Optic Atrophy / Q000151:congenital; D012409:Rubella / Q000517:prevention & control; D012410:Rubella Syndrome, Congenital / Q000150:complications