Role of the Vision Van a mobile ophthalmic outpatient clinic in the Great East Japan Earthquake

摘要

PurposeThe Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011 triggered powerful tsunami waves off the northeastern Pacific coast of Japan that destroyed almost all of the built-up areas along the coast. The study reported here examined the role played by the Vision Van, a mobile outpatient ophthalmological clinic, in providing eye care to disaster evacuees.