Vision Impairment Among the Jirel Population of Nepal
This cross-sectional study reports the prevalence of vision impairment amount the Jirel people, an understudied Indigenous group in Nepal.
Authors
- Suman Thapa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6280-7051)
- Bhaskar Jha
- Anup R. Joshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2565-5495)
- Manish Poudel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5334-6724)
- Mohan Krishna Shrestha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4592-6715)
- Pradeep Banjara
- Joshua R. Ehrlich
- Karthik Reddy
Institutions
- University of Michigan (US)
- Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology (NP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-08-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.27812
- Primary Topic
- Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
- National Institutes of Health