disparities in women’s eye health around the world ruth d. williams, md lynn k. gordon, md, phd...
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Disparities in Women’s Eye Health around the World
Ruth D. Williams, MDLynn K. Gordon, MD, PhD
Manal Bouhaimed, MBchB, PhD
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Ruth D. Williams, MD
Women, Blindness and Eye Health
A personal awakening
Eye Health Disparities
• 50 million blind world wide• 2/3rds are women• 80% of blind and visually impaired people live
in developing countries• In poor countries, women of all ages utilize
health care services less than men
Blindness is a global health and economic issue.
But, did you know?
• Of the 3.4 million Americans who are visually impaired, 2.3 million are women? NEI data
WOMEN MAKE THE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DECISIONS IN TWO-THIRDS OF AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS. THEY ACCOUNT FOR 80 CENTS OUT OF EVERY DOLLAR SPENT IN DRUGSTORES AND ARE LIKELIER THAN MEN
TO CHOOSE THE FAMILY'S HEALTH INSURANCE. “WOMEN ARE THE MAIN BROKERS OF HEALTH CARE IN THE UNITED STATES,” SAYS DR. WILLIAM NORCROSS, A FAMILY PHYSICIAN AND FACULTY MEMBER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. ”
The Healers: Lady Madonna, by Jeffrey Kluger, Time Magazine, April 15, 2010
Manal Bouhaimed MBchB, PhD
Kuwait University Faculty of MedicineKuwait Health Initiative Board Member
Vision 2020 Kuwait
Lynn K. Gordon, MD, PhDProfessor of Ophthalmology
Associate Dean, Diversity AffairsChair, Applied Anatomy College
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA