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ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2020

Prevalence of Eye Problems among Young Infants of Rohingya Refugee Camps: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Survey.

Ahm Enayet Hussain, Zunayed Al Azdi, Khaleda Islam, Anm Ehtesham Kabir, Rumana Huque

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Article in Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Challenges in the Medical and Psychosocial Care of the Paediatric Refugee-A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  2. Special Issue: Travel and Tropical Medicine.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ahm Enayet HussainMinistry of Health and Family Welfare, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
Zunayed Al AzdiARK Foundation, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0002-3896-875X
Khaleda IslamPublic Health Specialist, Dhaka 1206, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0002-8303-0947
Anm Ehtesham KabirDirectorate General of Health Services, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0002-6181-8813
Rumana HuqueARK Foundation, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh.
ARK Foundation · BDDirectorate General of Health Services · BDMinistry of Health and Family Welfare · BD

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Early detection of pediatric eye problems can prevent future vision loss. This study was to estimate the prevalence of common eye problems among infants born in a resource-constrained emergency setting with a broader aim to prevent future vision loss or blindness among them through early detection and referral. We conducted a cross-sectional survey among 670 infants (0-59 days old) born in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh between March and June of 2019. The most common eye problem found was watering from the eye and accumulation of discharge by which 14.8% of the children were suffering (95% CI: 12.2-17.7). More than 5% of the infants had visual inattention (95% CI: 3.5-7.0), and 4% had redness in their eyes (95% CI: 2.7-5.8). Only 1.9% of infants (95% CI: 1-3.3) had whitish or brown eyeballs, and 1.8% of children might have whitish pupillary reflex (95% CI: 0.9-3.1). None of the eye problems was associated with the gender of the infants. The prevalent eye problems demand eye care set up for the screening of eye problems in the camps with proper referral and availability of referral centres with higher service in the districts.

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eye careinfantpediatric eye problemRohingya refugee

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