Study of Vision Problems in Schools in Libreville and Owendo, Gabon

Ategbo, S; Koko, J.; Ngoungou, Edgar Brice; Kuissi, E.; Tchapbou, Christelle Moyou; Minto'o, Steeve; Mengome, Emmanuel Mve; Moussavou, A.

doi:10.4236/ojped.2014.44041

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“…7,20 A study in Gabon which is in West Africa as Nigeria found a very high prevalence of colour vision defect (15.5%). 21 Their reason for this high prevalence was due to some false positive readings which may be due to poor comprehension and reading of Ishihara chart by some students. Deutan defect (54.5%) was the commonest colour vision defect found in this survey.…”

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Colour vision defect among secondary school students in enugu, Nigeria: prevalence, pattern and impact

Eze¹,

Akaraiwe²,

Chime³

et al. 2020

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Aim: To determine the prevalence, pattern and impact of colour vision defects among public secondary school students in Enugu, Nigeria with a view to guiding the affected students on appropriate career choice. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among students attending public secondary schools in Enugu-East Local Government Area, Enugu state. A total of 950 students (361 males, 589 females) were selected by multistage sampling. The students were assessed for colour vision using Ishihara 38 plate edition and Farnsworth D-15 colour caps. An interviewer-administered structured questionnaire was used to obtain the socio-demographic data and impact of colour vision on colour-related school tasks and activities of daily living. Data was analysed using statistical package foe social sciences, version 20. Result: The age of the students ranged from 10-20 years with mean age of 14.2 ± 1.9 years. Eleven (1.2%) students were found to have colour vision defect out of whom 9 were boys and 2 were girls, 6 (54.5%) were deutan and 5 (45.5%) were protan. No tritan defect was detected. Greater percentages of the students with colour vision defect had difficulties with colour-related school tasks and daily activities when compared to those with normal colour vision. Conclusion: Colour vision defect may affect students’ performance in colour-related school tasks and activities of daily living. Therefore, early detection of colour vision defect is important so as to guide in the choice of future career

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Colour vision defect among secondary school students in enugu, Nigeria: prevalence, pattern and impact

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Akaraiwe²,

Chime³

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“…Lower rates (1.7%) were reported in 2009 by the pilot study in FNSI schools in Cotonou [20] and Burkina-Faso (2.3%) [13]. Higher values were reported respectively 15% in Cotonou by Latour, et al [5], 9% in Marrakech [10], 8.7% in Rabat [21], 12.4% in Cameroon [15] and 10.8% in Libreville [22]. The differences noted between the rates found could be related to the sample size as ours was relatively smaller.…”

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“…Sweets were regularly purchased at school by 27.5% of the children. Ategbo, et al reported a higher prevalence of sugar consumption, up to 88.4% [22]. This difference may be due to the availability and affordability of sweetened drinks within the vicinity of the schools.…”

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Int Arch Public Health Community Med

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Background: Malnutrition has become a real concern today. It is a pathological condition resulting from the relative or absolute deficiency or excess of one or more essential nutrients and can occur through either clinical or anthropometric signs or physiological or biochemical analyses. General objective:The purpose of this study was to determine the factors associated with and the extent of malnutrition in schoolchildren in Cotonou, the main city of Benin Republic.Method: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in July 2016. It involved data collection regarding food and nutritional knowledge, nutritional habits and practices, physical activity level and health status which were obtained using survey research. The study took place in four schools from the Friendly School of Nutrition Initiative (FNSI) in Cotonou and focused on schoolchildren aged from eight to eleven (n = 182). Anthropometric data including weight and height were collected, BMI indices weight-for age and height-forage were calculated, making it thereby possible to assess the nutritional status of the schoolchildren. Factors associated with malnutrition were determined by logistic regression (p < 0.05). Results:From the outcome of this study, 13% of the children were wasted; 5% were overweight or obese. The proportion of stunting was 5% of which 1% were severely stunted. Thirty-four percent (34%) of schoolchildren were anemic. Factors associated with wasting in schoolchildren were age (OR = 4.99; p = 0.007), gender (OR = 0.36; p = 0.049) and maternal employment status (OR = 5.58; p = 0.021). Maternal employment status had a high influence on stunting (OR = 7.77; p = 0.033). Conclusion:It appears that the double burden of malnutrition is a reality in Cotonou's schools and is characterized by coexistence of wasting, stunting, overweight and obesity in these schoolchildren. Efficient strategies are needed to improve the nutritional status of Cotonou's schoolchildren.

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“…The health systems in these countries have a pyramidal structure comprising three levels (primary, secondary and tertiary). [38][39][40] The primary level represents the operational unit of the health pyramid and is located in each health district to provide basic eye care and ensure hygiene education and awareness.…”

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Situation Analysis of Uncorrected Refractive Errors In Sub-Saharan Francophone African Countries

Dougnon¹,

Guirou²,

Bakayoko³

et al. 2021

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Background: Uncorrected refractive errors (URE) are a serious public health problem by their magnitude, the multiple consequences they result in, but also by the inability of the countries of French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa (FSSA) to meet the needs of the population. Governance problems, associated with human resources problems, financing problems for care, infrastructure and consumables, led us to initiate this study, the objective of which is to analyze the situation of UREs in FSSA with the stakeholders involved in the eye health system. Materials and Methods: We carried out a cross-sectional survey of eye health actors and stakeholders in all of the French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa countries from March 1st to August 31st, 2020. An online questionnaire was developed and translated into French, and then sent to the targeted eye health stakeholders involved in eye health. The survey and data collection were carried out in two phases: first by collecting information from the eye health officials of the countries which then enabled us to reach all the other actors in the country. Data were entered directly into SPSS 20 software followed by cleaning prior to analysis and presented as percent, mean or median, and standard deviation. Results: A total of 500 questionnaires were sent to the various actors involved in eye health in the 21 countries of French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa. The number of people who opened the questionnaire is 215, of which 151 have completed at least one question.Eye health policy documents existed in countries according to 95% of respondents. In the words of 76.6%, 54.6% and 85.2% of the participants respectively, the mechanisms for describing the tasks of the agents, for reporting to the actors and for collecting data existed. Also, according to respectively 61.5%, 58.8 % and 61.3% of respondents, the following are not effective: existence of documents of standards and procedures, specific allocation of eye health in the budget of the Ministry of Health and the obligation of continuous training.Conclusion: Although policy documents that comply with standards do exist in the French-speaking region of sub-Saharan Africa, several challenges remain to be taken up; in particular the involvement of all stakeholders of the health system, and the strengthening in the areas of governance, financial and human resources, as well as the information and supply system for materials and consumables, hence the need to initiate more targeted research activities.

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Study of Vision Problems in Schools in Libreville and Owendo, Gabon

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Colour vision defect among secondary school students in enugu, Nigeria: prevalence, pattern and impact

Colour vision defect among secondary school students in enugu, Nigeria: prevalence, pattern and impact

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Situation Analysis of Uncorrected Refractive Errors In Sub-Saharan Francophone African Countries

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