Prevalence of blindness and visual impairment among yanomami Indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon region: a cross-sectional observational study at CASAI-YResearch in context

Summary: Background: Indigenous populations in the Americas experience significant health inequities, especially in remote areas. Among the Yanomami, a highly mobile Indigenous people living in the Amazon, ocular health data are scarce. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and causes of visu...

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Main Authors: Maria Christina Chagas Ferreira, Marcos Antonio Pellegrini, Bianca Jorge Sequeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-08-01
Series:The Lancet Regional Health. Americas
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667193X25001711
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