CV Lattes
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Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
graduation at Ortóptica from Universidade Federal de São Paulo (1979), master's at Pharmacology from Universidade Federal de São Paulo (1990) and doctorate at Psychiatry from Universidade Federal de São Paulo (1993). He is currently full professor at Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Has experience in Medicine, focusing on Oftalmology, acting on the following subjects: lhon, acuidade visual, eletrorretinografia, visão and visual acuity. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that there are globally 39 million blind people and 246 visually impaired at risk of blindness. Two thirds of these individuals live in developing countries, and more than half of the cases of blindness are avoidable or curable with the technology currently available. People e50 years of age represent 65% of the blind and 82% of the visually i…
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The overall objective of this project is to assess the burden of visual impairment/blindness in adults 50 years and older in São Paulo city. The project will be based in the study: "Evaluation of eye care services and the burden of visual impairment/blindness in São Paulo, Brazil" implemented by the Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP) with partial support from WHO using a standardiz…
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