A 12-year follow up survey of childhood blindness at schools for the blind in Cambodia.

"data availability the datasets generated and analysed during the current study are available from figshare 10 25909/23538771 v1. data availability the datasets generated and analysed during the current study are available from figshare"

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThis study was approved by the Kingdom of Cambodia’s Ministry of Health National Ethics Committee for Health Research (No. 155NECHR). This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent was obtained from all the participants involved in the study and from their parent or responsible guardian. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding The present study was sponsored with a grant from RACAT Group Australia. The Funder had no role in the conceptualisation, design, data collection, analysis, preparation of the manuscript or publication."