Monem's Foundation News

Cimons, Marlene. "Women in Developing Nations Often Get Less Eye Care than Men."
     The Washington Post, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2017,
     www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/
     women-in-developing-nations-often-get-less-eye-care-than-men/2017/10/13/
     cca2f90c-a7b3-11e7-850e-2bdd1236be5d_story.html?utm_term=.c9e21414f46a.
     Accessed 6 Nov. 2017.

This article, "Women in Developing Nations Often Get Less Eye Care than Men," covers the topic of gender equity in the eye care field of developing nations. According to the article, women in developing nations often suffer from eye disease, but more often so than their developed nation counterparts. It is said that if there was gender equity in the eye care field, there would be a 6:4 ratio on women to men getting cataract surgery. However, in most developing countries it is the reverse, where there is a 6:4 ratio of men to women getting cataract surgery. An example of the disproportional eye issues can be seen in the infection rate of Trachoma. Trachoma, a bacterial infection that leads to blindness, can be found in developing countries where 90% of its victims are women. According to a study done by Courtright, women have a 40% higher risk of blindness than men have. This relates back to studies in the foundations unit of the studies of developed and developing nations. As can be seen in the case of eye care, developing nations have much progress to be made on the health care standpoint.