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Vision Impairment Among the Jirel Population of Nepal

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.27812

August 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This cross-sectional study reports the prevalence of vision impairment amount the Jirel people, an understudied Indigenous group in Nepal.

Corresponding Author: Suman Thapa, MD, PhD, Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, Ring Rd, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal (sumanthapa.ekekpaila@gmail.com).

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