Children with albinism in African regions: their rights to 'being' and 'doing'

• Main Authors: Anita Franklin (Author), Patricia Lund (Author), Caroline Bradbury-Jones (Author), Julie Taylor (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Albinism is an inherited condition with a relatively high prevalence in populations throughout sub-Saharan Africa. People with oculocutaneous albinism have little or no pigment in their hair, skin and eyes; thus they are visually impaired and extremely sensitive to the damaging e...