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Ghana
A republic in western Africa, south of BURKINA FASO and west of TOGO. Its capital is Accra.
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Case Series: Avoidable Blindness after Inappropriate Ophthalmic Self-medication in Ghana / Asantewaa Aboagye-MacCarthy in OVS : Optometry & Vision Science, vol. 100, 02 (Février 2023)
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Titre : Case Series: Avoidable Blindness after Inappropriate Ophthalmic Self-medication in Ghana Type de document : article de périodique Auteurs : Asantewaa Aboagye-MacCarthy ; Carl Halladay Abraham Année de publication : 2023 Langues : Français (fre) Descripteurs (mots clés) : [Thésaurus Mesh]:M:Maladies de l'oeil:Maladies de l'oeil / traitement médicamenteux
[Thésaurus Mesh]Accessibilité des services de santé
[Thésaurus Mesh]Automédication
[Thésaurus Mesh]Cécité
[Thésaurus Mesh]Ghana
[Thésaurus Mesh]Maladies de l'oeil
[Thésaurus Mesh]OphtalmologieRésumé : SIGNIFICANCE: Inappropriate ophthalmic self-medication continues to plague Sub-Saharan Africa because of lack of public health education and inaccessibility to eye care services. This case series describes three cases of blindness (two monocular, one binocular) in Ghana, because of self-treatment of ocular conditions using improper drugs or homemade herbal mixtures. The article highlights the consequences of misinterpretation of symptoms and use of traditional home remedies, leading to delayed professional eye care and avoidable blindness. PURPOSE: This case series aims to report three separate cases of avoidable blindness after inappropriate ophthalmic self-medication to draw attention to the need for intense public health education in Ghana. CASE REPORTS: Three men aged 25, 79, and 35 years, respectively, reported severe reduction in visual acuity in one eye for two cases and both eyes for one case. All patients reported ophthalmic self-medication either with an inappropriate drug bought from the drug store or a homemade herbal mixture made from leaves assumed to treat eye infections. Professional care did not yield any improvement in visual acuity because their corneas were already decompensated at the onset of management. The eye of one patient had to be enucleated. CONCLUSIONS: These cases highlight the importance of eye health promotion and education. It is recommended that intense sensitization is carried out at all levels Permalink : https://bibliotheque.helb-prigogine.be/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id= [article]Exemplaires
Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité aucun exemplaire Dry Eye Disease Practice in Ghana : Diagnostic Perspectives, Treatment Modalities, and Challenges / Kwaku A. Osei in OVS : Optometry & Vision Science, vol. 97, 03 (mars 2020)
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in OVS : Optometry & Vision Science > vol. 97, 03 (mars 2020)
Titre : Dry Eye Disease Practice in Ghana : Diagnostic Perspectives, Treatment Modalities, and Challenges Type de document : article de périodique Auteurs : Kwaku A. Osei ; Stephanie M. Cox ; Kelly K. Nichols Année de publication : 2020 Langues : Français (fre) Descripteurs (mots clés) : [Thésaurus Mesh]:S:Syndromes de l'oeil sec:Syndromes de l'oeil sec / diagnostic
[Thésaurus Mesh]:S:Syndromes de l'oeil sec:Syndromes de l'oeil sec / thérapie
[Thésaurus Mesh]Collecte de données
[Thésaurus Mesh]Ghana
[Thésaurus Mesh]Syndromes de l'oeil sec
[Thésaurus Mesh]Zone médicalement sous-équipéeRésumé : SIGNIFICANCE: There is a dearth of studies investigating the challenges encountered in dry eye practice. Profiling these barriers is crucial to improving dry eye diagnosis and patient care. PURPOSE: This study aimed to examine the diagnostic and treatment perspectives, and challenges in dry eye practice in Ghana. METHODS: An anonymous paper-based or web survey regarding dry eye practice pattern, practice challenges, and access to diagnostic tools was distributed to 280 potential participants. RESULTS: One hundred thirteen respondents completed the survey. Case history (92.5%), fluorescein tear breakup time (87.5%), and corneal fluorescein staining (72.5%) were the topmost procedures used for dry eye diagnosis. A preserved lubricant drop was the most commonly prescribed treatment of mild, moderate, and severe dry eye at the rates of 77.0, 83.2, and 77.0%, respectively. A few respondents prescribed cyclosporine (2.7%) or punctal plugs (5.3%) across all disease severities, and none used scleral lens, autologous serum tears, or thermal pulsation. Graduate professional training influenced the practice pattern of 82.3% of respondents, whereas continuing professional education influenced less than 1%. Approximately 70.1 and 92.8% of optometrists considered referring dry eye in children and cases that are unresponsive to treatment, respectively. Eighty-eight percent of practitioners indicated they experience a challenge in dry eye practice, with limited access to diagnostic tools (77.9%) and limited availability of effective dry eye medication on the Ghanaian market (50.4%) being the most frequent challenges. More than 85% of respondents had access to a fluorescein dye or slit-lamp biomicroscope; however, none had access to a phenol red thread, lissamine green dye, osmolarity technology, or meibography device. CONCLUSIONS: Practitioners' limited access to diagnostic tools/techniques and the limited effective dry eye treatments are major challenges encountered in dry eye practice in Ghana. Addressing these will improve dry eye practice and treatment outcomes in the country Note de contenu :
*En ligne : https://journals.lww.com/optvissci/Fulltext/2020/03000/Dry_Eye_Disease_Practice_ [...] Permalink : https://bibliotheque.helb-prigogine.be/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id= [article]Exemplaires
Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité aucun exemplaire Entretien James Barnor, Lucky Jim. Des premiers studios du Ghana à une folle parenthèse londonienne, James Barnor, 88 ans, a eu mille vies. Il aura fallu attendre un demi-siècle pour que le monde s'intéresse à ses photos / Mathilde Boussion in 6Mois, 14 (Automne 2017/Hiver 2018)
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Titre : Entretien James Barnor, Lucky Jim. Des premiers studios du Ghana à une folle parenthèse londonienne, James Barnor, 88 ans, a eu mille vies. Il aura fallu attendre un demi-siècle pour que le monde s'intéresse à ses photos Type de document : article de périodique Auteurs : Mathilde Boussion, Intervieweur ; James Barnor, Personne interviewée Année de publication : 2017 Article en page(s) : p. 126-139 Langues : Français (fre) Descripteurs (mots clés) : [Thésaurus Mesh]Ghana
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[Thésaurus personnes/collectivités]Barnor, James (photographe)Permalink : https://bibliotheque.helb-prigogine.be/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id= [article]Exemplaires
Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 6MO Périodique Reyers - périodiques Périodiques Disponible Normative Data for Parameters of Accommodation in African Schoolchildren / Charles Darko-Takyi in OVS : Optometry & Vision Science, vol.99, 03 (Mars 2022)
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Titre : Normative Data for Parameters of Accommodation in African Schoolchildren Type de document : article de périodique Auteurs : Charles Darko-Takyi ; Vanessa R. Moodley ; Samuel Boadi-Kusi Année de publication : 2022 Langues : Français (fre) Descripteurs (mots clés) : [Thésaurus Mesh]Accommodation oculaire
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[Thésaurus Mesh]Enfant
[Thésaurus Mesh]GhanaRésumé : SIGNIFICANCE
The reported interracial differences in normative data for parameters of accommodation call for investigating population-specific normative values. The study investigated and presents expected data for accommodative parameters among Ghanaian children.
PURPOSE
This study aimed to determine expected values for parameters of accommodation among schoolchildren in the Central Region of Ghana.
METHODS
This prospective cross-sectional study used a multistage cluster sampling approach. Normal participants were asymptomatic (Convergence Insufficiency Symptom Survey score Ë‚16), with unaided visual acuity or best-corrected visual acuity of 0.0 or better logMAR for each eye and having no ocular disease or no manifest strabismus. Normal participants underwent push-up and minus-lens-to-blur amplitude of accommodation tests, accuracy of accommodative response (using the monocular estimation method), and monocular and binocular accommodative facility testing.
RESULTS
A total of 1261 normal participants within ages 11 to 17 years (mean, 14.75 ± 1.53 years) met the inclusion criteria. The mean normative data for the population include push-up amplitude of accommodation (14.04 ± 2.95 D), minus-lens-to-blur amplitude of accommodation (12.33 ± 2.55 D), and accuracy of accommodative response using the monocular estimation method (0.62 ± 0.22 D), monocular accommodative facility (9.80 ± 3.20 cycles per minute), and binocular accommodative facility (9.40 ± 3.30 cycles per minute). Age-predicted linear regression equations for the amplitude of accommodation are push-up amplitude of accommodation (16.74 − 0.18 × age in years) and minus-lens-to-blur amplitude of accommodation (15.7 − 0.23 × age in years).
CONCLUSIONS
The study provides normative data for accommodative parameters that clinicians may use with Ghanaian populations of similar ages.Permalink : https://bibliotheque.helb-prigogine.be/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id= [article]Exemplaires
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