About the Authors
- Far Chiang
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Affiliation St. John Eye Hospital, Jerusalem, Occupied Palestinian Territories
- Hannah Kuper
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Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Robert Lindfield
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Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Tiarnan Keenan
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Affiliation Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Na'el Seyam
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Affiliation Military Medical Services, Gaza, Occupied Palestinian Territories
- Denise Magauran
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Affiliation Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, Sutton, United Kingdom
- Nasrallah Khalilia
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Affiliation St. John Eye Hospital, Jerusalem, Occupied Palestinian Territories
- Habes Batta
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Affiliation St. John Eye Hospital, Jerusalem, Occupied Palestinian Territories
- Ziad Abdeen
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Affiliation Al-Quds Nutrition and Health Research Institute, Al Quds University, Jerusalem, Occupied Palestinian Territories
- Nicholas Sargent
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* E-mail: njsargent@hotmail.com
Affiliation St. John Eye Hospital, Jerusalem, Occupied Palestinian Territories
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Analyzed the data: FC HK RL NJS. Wrote the paper: FC HK RL TK NK NJS. Contributed to the design of the study: NJS FC HK NK ZA. A principal investigator: NJS FC. Helped with the preliminary analyses of the data: NJS FC. Helped collect data in the field: NJS FC. Helped initiate the survey in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: NJS. One of the principal coordinators for the implementation of the study: NJS FC. Reviewed the draft manuscript: NJS FC HK RL TK NS DM NK HB ZA. Contributed to writing the paper: NJS FC HK RL TK NS DM NK HB ZA. Contributed to calculating the sample size and selecting clusters: FC HK RL. Contributed to initiating the survey in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: HK ZA. Contributed to the training of the survey teams in the survey protocol and procedures: HK RL. Contributed to collecting data in the field: TK NS DM NK HB.