Advocacy for Child Eye Health: Paediatric Ophthamology & Strabismus

Michaeline A Isawumi

Authors

Michaeline A Isawumi College of Health Sciences, Osun State University, PMB 4494, Osogbo and LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Osogbo.

Abstract

Introduction: Advocacy is the act of arguing on behalf of a particular issue or particular groups of vulnerable or disadvantaged people such as the elderly, 1 children, women and the visually impaired. It aims to persuade people in authorities (and with influence) to use their position to promote actions that are beneficial and desirable for the vulnerable persons in order to prevent unnecessary lack of services.2

Methods: A review of literature on child eye health

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