Referral and eye health in Colombia

When to refer and how urgently, Colombia's visual screening programmes and avoidable blindness.

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• Avoidable blindness: the main causes in the world and in ColombiaMost visual impairment in the world could be prevented or treated: glasses and cataract surgery…
• Visual impairment and blindness: how they are gradedWHO grades visual impairment by the acuity of the better eye: mild, moderate, severe and…
• Visual screening in Colombia: what the RIAS ask forIn Colombia, visual screening is part of the health checks at every life stage and of the…
• When to refer to ophthalmology: urgent, soon or routineReferral speed depends on how fast sight can be lost: minutes, the same day, within a week or…

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Educational content; not a clinical guideline and no substitute for assessment by a health professional. For sudden visual loss, severe eye pain, a chemical burn or an eye injury, go to an emergency department at once.

Representative model, for educational purposes only.