Causes of Moderate to Severe Visual Impairment and Blindness Among Children in Integrated Schools for the Blind and Visiting a Tertiary Eye Hospital in Nepal: The Nepal Pediatric Visual Impairment (NPVI) Study [Response to Letter]

Abstract

Srijana Adhikari,1 Ruth Marie Antoinette van Nispen,2 Ellen Bernadette Maria Elsman,2 Fleur van Rens,3 Ger HMB van Rens2 1Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, Gaushala Kathmandu, Nepal; 2Department of Ophthalmology, VU University Medical Centre and the Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, 1007 MB, the Netherlands; 3Discipline of Exercise Science, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, 6150, AustraliaCorrespondence: Srijana Adhikari, Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, PO Box 561, Gaushala Kathmandu, Nepal, Tel [phone], Email [email protected]

Keywords

• childhood blindness
• nepal
• visual impairment
• pediatric