Critical Review of Public Health Interventions in Diabetic Retinopathy: Challenges for Karnataka.
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2015-09
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Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a chronic complication of diabetes mellitus (DM), and its prevention is related to the duration
as well as control of DM. The prevalence of diabetes has reached a pandemic proportion which is mostly attributed to
rapid lifestyle transitions and by a narrowing in the urban-rural divide in living conditions. In another 15 years, nearly
one-fifth of the world’s diabetic population will be in India. This will increase the prevalence of DR-related eye disease
that can potentially cause blindness in younger people. Since DM and DR is a public health problem, its management
requires public health approaches. This article reviews the various challenges in implementing public health interventions
in preventing DR-related blindness.
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Diabetic retinopathy, public health approaches
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Babu B Rajesh. Critical Review of Public Health Interventions in Diabetic Retinopathy: Challenges for Karnataka. Journal of Vision Sciences, 2015 Sept-Dec; 1(3): VI.