Journal article
Trends in prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment over 30 years: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: To contribute to the WHO initiative, VISION 2020: The Right to Sight, an assessment of global vision impairment in 2020 and temporal change is needed. We aimed to extensively update estimates of global vision loss burden, presenting estimates for 2020, temporal change over three decades between 1990-2020, and forecasts for 2050.
METHODS: We did a systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based surveys of eye disease from …
Authors
Collaborators GBAVI; Bourne R; Steinmetz JD; Flaxman S; Briant PS; Taylor HR; Resnikoff S; Casson RJ; Abdoli A; Abu-Gharbieh E
Journal
The Lancet Global Health, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. e130–e143
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
February 2021
DOI
10.1016/s2214-109x(20)30425-3
ISSN
2572-116X