IMI 2021 reports and digest–Reflections on the implications for clinical practice

JS Wolffsohn, M Jong, EL Smith… - … & visual science, 2021 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Abstract The International Myopia Institute's (IMI) mission is to advance research, education,
and management of myopia to decrease future vision impairment and blindness associated …

Understanding and treating myopia: what more we need to know and future research priorities

SA McFadden - Optometry and Vision Science, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Tantalizing treatment options to limit further global increases in the prevalence of myopia are
emerging. However, to design more effective interventions, we still need to learn more about …

IMI 2021 yearly digest

M Jong, JB Jonas, JS Wolffsohn… - … & visual science, 2021 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose: The International Myopia Institute (IMI) Yearly Digest highlights new research
considered to be of importance since the publication of the first series of IMI white papers …

IMI impact of myopia

P Sankaridurg, N Tahhan, H Kandel… - … & visual science, 2021 - iovs.arvojournals.org
The global burden of myopia is growing. Myopia affected nearly 30% of the world population
in 2020 and this number is expected to rise to 50% by 2050. This review aims to analyze the …

Myopia–a 21st century public health issue

S Resnikoff, JB Jonas, D Friedman… - … & visual science, 2019 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Southeast Asia, it was the vision of the late Professor Brien Holden to initiate the
International Myopia Institute. For long, Professor Holden, who already had founded and led …

Prevention and management of myopia and myopic pathology

SM Saw, S Matsumura… - … ophthalmology & visual …, 2019 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Myopia is fast becoming a global public health burden with its increasing prevalence,
particularly in developed countries. Globally, the prevalence of myopia and high myopia …

Reducing the global burden of myopia by delaying the onset of myopia and reducing myopic progression in children: the Academy's Task Force on Myopia

BS Modjtahedi, RL Abbott, DS Fong, F Lum, D Tan… - Ophthalmology, 2021 - Elsevier
In 2019, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) created the Task Force on Myopia
in recognition of the substantial global increases in myopia prevalence and its associated …

IMI–interventions for controlling myopia onset and progression report

CF Wildsoet, A Chia, P Cho… - … & visual science, 2019 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Myopia has been predicted to affect approximately 50% of the world's population based on
trending myopia prevalence figures. Critical to minimizing the associated adverse visual …

IMI–myopia control reports overview and introduction

JS Wolffsohn, DI Flitcroft, KL Gifford… - … & visual science, 2019 - iovs.arvojournals.org
With the growing prevalence of myopia, already at epidemic levels in some countries, there
is an urgent need for new management approaches. However, with the increasing number …

[PDF][PDF] Issues and challenges for myopia research

TY Wong, SM Saw - ANNALS-ACADEMY OF MEDICINE …, 2004 - researchgate.net
Myopia is an ocular disorder of major public health and socioeconomic significance in many
East Asian urban cities. 1 In Singapore, the prevalence of myopia is one of the highest …