Month: July 2010

GET 2020 – Acronym

GET 2020 stands for: Global Elimination of Trachoma by the year 2020. (A global alliance created by WHO)

WHO definition of 'blindness'

WHO in 1972 proposed a universal definition of blindness – ‘a visual acuity of less than 3/60 (snellen) or its equivalent’ In case snellen’s chart / other equipments

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Laryngomalacia

Laryngomalacia literally means ‘abnormal softening of the larynx’ It is a congenital condition in the supraglottic part of the larynx is abnormally flaccid It is the most common

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