Following up children born preterm
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COMMUNITY EYE HEALTH JOURNAL | VOLUME 30 | NUMBER 99 | 2017 Preterm babies, and newborns who are unwell, are now surviving at higher rates globally than ever before. This is the result of expansion and improvement in services for sick and preterm babies. However, preterm birth is associated with a range of complications, including retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), and preterm infants are at a far higher risk of disabilities – including blindness – than healthy, full-term babies.1 Clinicians, together with low vision and rehabilitation specialists, can play a key role in reducing visual impairment and promoting normal development in this group of children.
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