视力受损的老年人健康特征的年龄和性别差异

Salvatore Metanmo1, Charnel Mbianda2, Marie-Josiane Ntsama-Ebode3

  • 1Department of Clinical Research and Innovation-CS 90632, University Hospitals of Martinique-Pierre Zobda-Quitman Hospital, Fort-de-France, 97261, Martinique. salvatore.metanmo@inserm.fr.

概括

视力障碍 (VI) 在老年喀麦隆人中普遍存在,女性和老年人是最脆弱的. 这凸显了有针对性的公共卫生战略的必要性,以支持非洲的健康老龄化.

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