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Journal articles
2012, 'Future trends in global blindness', Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 60, pp. 387 - 395, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.100532
,2012, 'Global cost of correcting vision impairment from uncorrected refractive error', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 90, pp. 728 - 738, http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.12.104034
,2011, 'River blindness: An old disease on the brink of elimination and control', Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 3, pp. 151 - 155, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.81692
,2010, 'Is Misión Milagro an effective program to prevent blindness in Latin America?', Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia, 73, pp. 397 - 398, http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0004-27492010000500001
,2010, 'Cataract surgery rates in Latin America: A four-year longitudinal study of 19 countries', Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 17, pp. 75 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09286581003624962
,2008, 'Preventing cancer through tobacco and infection control: How many lives can we save in the next 10 years?', European Journal of Cancer Prevention, 17, pp. 153 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/CEJ.0b013e3282b6fda8
,2008, 'Author reply to: Estimation of global visual impairment due to uncorrected refractive error', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.08.056366
,2008, 'Global magnitude of visual impairment caused by uncorrected refractive errors in 2004', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 86, pp. 63 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.07.041210
,2005, 'New challenges for VISION 2020', Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 12, pp. 291 - 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09286580500248254
,2005, 'The impact of Vision 2020 on global blindness', Eye, 19, pp. 1133 - 1135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.eye.6701973
,2004, 'Global data on visual impairment in the year 2002', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 82, pp. 844 - 851
,2004, '2002 Global update of available data on visual impairment: A compilation of population-based prevalence studies', Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 11, pp. 67 - 115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1076/opep.11.2.67.28158
,2004, 'VISION 2020: The Right to Sight - A Global Initiative to Eliminate Avoidable Blindness', Archives of Ophthalmology, 122, pp. 615 - 620, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archopht.122.4.615
,2003, 'Cataract surgery in Togo', Cahiers Sante, 13, pp. 5 - 8
,2003, 'Trachoma: looking forward to Global Elimination of Trachoma by 2020 (GET 2020).', The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 69, pp. 33 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2003.69.5_suppl_1.0690033
,2002, 'The role of optometry in vision 2020', Journal of Community Eye Health, 15, pp. 33 - 36
,2002, 'Eye healthcare services in eastern Europe: Part 1 cataract surgery', British Journal of Ophthalmology, 86, pp. 847 - 850, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjo.86.8.847
,2002, 'Eye healthcare services in eastern Europe: Part 2 vitreoretinal surgical services', British Journal of Ophthalmology, 86, pp. 851 - 853, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjo.86.8.851
,2002, 'Visual impairment and blindness in Europe and their prevention', British Journal of Ophthalmology, 86, pp. 716 - 722, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjo.86.7.716
,2002, 'From visual function deficiency to handicap: Measuring visual handicap in Mali', Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 9, pp. 133 - 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1076/opep.9.2.133.1519
,2001, 'Blindness prevention programmes: Past, present, and future', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 79, pp. 222 - 226
,2000, 'National prevention of blindness programmes and vision 2020', Journal of Community Eye Health, 13, pp. 49 - 50
,2000, 'Urbanisation and vitamin A deficiency in children: Comparison between a traditional district and a new settlement in Mali', European Journal of Epidemiology, 16, pp. 1143 - 1149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1010964029771
,1999, 'Urbanisation et déficit en vitamine A', La Revue de Médecine Interne, 20, pp. s179 - s180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0248-8663(99)80417-2
,1998, 'Contribution of mectizan to the control of onchocerciasis. Impact on ocular lesions', Santé (Montrouge, France), 8, pp. 12 - 14
,1997, 'Ganciclovir ophthalmic gel (virgan; 0.15%) in the treatment of herpes simplex keratitis', Cornea, 16, pp. 393 - 399, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00003226-199707000-00004
,1996, 'Ophthalmologic complications associated with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Bamako (Mali)', Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique, 89, pp. 345 - 347
,1996, 'Value of tenonectomy at the time of trabeculectomy in Africa', Revue internationale du trachome et de pathologie oculaire tropicale et subtropicale et de santé publique : organe de la Ligue contre le trachome avec la collaboration de l'International Organization against Trachoma et des organisations nationales et internationales de santé publique, 73, pp. 89 - 99
,1995, 'Health education and antibiotic therapy in trachoma control.', Revue internationale du trachome et de pathologie oculaire tropicale et subtropicale et de santé publique : organe de la Ligue contre le trachome avec la collaboration de l'International Organization against Trachoma et des organisations nationales et internationales de santé publique, 72
,1995, 'Xerophthalmia. Identification of populations at immediate risk', Cahiers Sante, 5, pp. 159 - 161
,1994, 'Clinical course of trachoma treated by a 1% oxytetracycline', Journal Francais d'Ophtalmologie, 17, pp. 591 - 595
,1994, 'Effect of water supply on the incidence of trachoma: preliminary results of a prospective study in Mali', Revue internationale du trachome et de pathologie oculaire tropicale et subtropicale et de santé publique : organe de la Ligue contre le trachome avec la collaboration de l'International Organization against Trachoma et des organisations nationales et internationales de santé publique, 71, pp. 87 - 94
,1994, 'The cost cataract surgery at the African Institute of Tropical Ophthalmology (Bamako, Mali)', Cahiers Sante, 4, pp. 275 - 279
,1993, 'Evaluation of pathogenic amoebian fauna from surface waters in the Republic of Benin', Journal of African Zoology, 107, pp. 555 - 560
,1992, 'Assessment of vitamin A deficiency in a rural area in Mali. Estimation of sample size for the impression cytology test.', International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research, 62, pp. 291 - 297
,1992, 'Impression cytology with transfer in xerophtalmia and conjunctival diseases', International Ophthalmology, 16, pp. 445 - 451, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00918435
,1992, 'Assessment of vitamin A deficiency in the Republic of Djibouti', European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 46, pp. 25 - 30
,1991, 'Climatic droplet keratopathy, exfoliation syndrome, and cataract', British Journal of Ophthalmology, 75, pp. 734 - 736, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjo.75.12.734
,1991, 'First cases of keratitis caused by free-living amoebas of the genus Acanthamoeba diagnosed in Mali', Bulletin de la Société de pathologie exotique (1990), 84, pp. 1016 - 1020
,1991, 'Retino-vitreous hemorrhages in hemoglobinopathies', Journal Francais d'Ophtalmologie, 14, pp. 377 - 381
,1991, 'Trachoma and the conjunctival impression test', Revue internationale du trachome et de pathologie oculaire tropicale et subtropicale et de santé publique : organe de la Ligue contre le trachome avec la collaboration de l'International Organization against Trachoma et des organisations nationales et internationales de santé publique, 68, pp. 95 - 105
,1991, 'Tropical conjunctivitis: infectious etiology and validation of its clinical features', Revue internationale du trachome et de pathologie oculaire tropicale et subtropicale et de santé publique : organe de la Ligue contre le trachome avec la collaboration de l'International Organization against Trachoma et des organisations nationales et internationales de santé publique, 68, pp. 63 - 73
,1990, 'Corneal complications of climatic keratopathy', Revue internationale du trachome et de pathologie oculaire tropicale et subtropicale et de santé publique : organe de la Ligue contre le trachome avec la collaboration de l'International Organization against Trachoma et des organisations nationales et internationales de santé publique, 67, pp. 207 - 212
,1989, 'Epidemiological course of trachoma in Djibouti', Revue internationale du trachome et de pathologie oculaire tropicale et subtropicale et de sante publique : organe de la Ligue contre le trachome avec la collaboration de l"International Organization against Trachoma e, 66, pp. 129 - 142
,1988, 'Limbal vernal keratoconjunctivitis in the tropics.', Revue internationale du trachome et de pathologie oculaire tropicale et subtropicale et de sante publique : organe de la Ligue contre le trachome avec la collaboration de l"International Organization against Trachoma e, 65, pp. 21 - 72
,1988, 'Bietti's keratopathy. A study of risk factors in Central Africa', Journal Francais d'Ophtalmologie, 11, pp. 733 - 740
,1988, 'Epidemiologic aspects of xerophtalmia in Chad', Medecine Tropicale, 48, pp. 27 - 32
,1987, 'Malnutrition and trachoma: study of the correlations with the epidemiological scheme', Revue internationale du trachome et de pathologie oculaire tropicale et subtropicale et de sante publique : organe de la Ligue contre le trachome avec la collaboration de l"International Organization against Trachoma e, pp. 75 - 87
,1986, 'Onchocerciasis and blindness in the Moyen-Chari area of Chad', Revue internationale du trachome et de pathologie oculaire tropicale et subtropicale et de sante publique : organe de la Ligue contre le trachome avec la collaboration de l"International Organization against Trachoma e, 63, pp. 185 - 197
,1986, 'Prevention of blindness in Chad. Effects of a difficult conjuncture. First measures', Revue internationale du trachome et de pathologie oculaire tropicale et subtropicale et de sante publique : organe de la Ligue contre le trachome avec la collaboration de l"International Organization against Trachoma e, 63, pp. 133 - 143
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