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# 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 Colombia** Most visual impairment in the world could be prevented or treated: glasses and cataract surgery…](https://durgical.com/en/ophthalmology/avoidable-blindness-the-main-causes-in-the-world-and-in-colombia/)
- [**Visual impairment and blindness: how they are graded** WHO grades visual impairment by the acuity of the better eye: mild, moderate, severe and…](https://durgical.com/en/ophthalmology/visual-impairment-and-blindness-how-they-are-graded/)
- [**Visual screening in Colombia: what the RIAS ask for** In Colombia, visual screening is part of the health checks at every life stage and of the…](https://durgical.com/en/ophthalmology/visual-screening-in-colombia-what-the-rias-ask-for/)
- [**When to refer to ophthalmology: urgent, soon or routine** Referral speed depends on how fast sight can be lost: minutes, the same day, within a week or…](https://durgical.com/en/ophthalmology/when-to-refer-to-ophthalmology-urgent-soon-or-routine/)

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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.

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