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2. Assist medical officers in providing primary care including treatment for trachoma,
ocular injuries, and conjunctivitis etc.
3. Assist in conducting eye camps at the primary health centre.
4. Help in organizing vision-screening programmes in schools.
5. Carry out eye health education activities.
6. Maintain the dark room and ophthalmic equipment in primary health centre.
VII. FURTHER READING / REFERENCES
1. Caster AI, Hoff JL, Ruiz R. Conventional vs wavefront-guided LASIK using the
LADARVision4000 excimer laser [Internet]. Journal of Refractive Surgery (Thorofare, N.J.:
1995). 2005 ;21(6):S786-791.Available from:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16329381
2. Frick KD, Riva-Clement L, Shankar MB. Screening for refractive error and fitting with
spectacles in rural and urban India: cost-effectiveness [Internet]. Ophthalmic Epidemiology.
2009 ;16(6):378-387.Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19995203
3. Jose R, Sachdeva S. School eye screening and the National Program for Control of Blindness
[Internet]. Indian Pediatrics. 2009 ;46(3):205-208.Available from:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19346567
4. Limburg H, Kansara HT, d'Souza S. Results of school eye screening of 5.4 million children in
India--a five-year follow-up study [Internet]. Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica. 1999
;77(3):310-314.Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10406152
5. McLeod SD, Chuck RS, Hamilton DR, Katz JA, Rutzen AR, Vukich JA, et al. Prepared by the
American Academy of Ophthalmology Refractive Management/Intervention Panel Refractive
Management/Intervention Panel Members. 2007 ;
6. Pararajasegaram R. VISION 2020-the right to sight: from strategies to action [Internet].
American Journal of Ophthalmology. 1999 ;128(3):359-360.Available from:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10511033
7. Shah S. LASIK--the Indian eye controversy [Internet]. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 2002
;50(4):259-260.Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12532489
8. Contact lenses: Edited by James V. Aquavella, M. D., and Gullapalli N. Rao, M.D., with 15
contributors. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1987. Pp. 278. $42.50 [Internet].
Available from: http://www.journals.elsevierhealth.com/periodicals/cev/article/0953-
4431(89)90035-0/abstract
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