An estimated 95 million people worldwide are affected by cataract. Cataract still remains the
leading cause of blindness in middle-income and low-income countries. With the …

Summary 94 million people are blind or visually impaired globally, and cataract is the most
common cause of blindness worldwide. However, most cases of blindness are avoidable …

Cataract, opacification of the lens, is one of the commonest causes of loss of useful vision,
with an estimated 16 million people worldwide affected. Several risk factors have been …

Cataract prevalence increases with age. As the world's population ages, cataract-induced
visual dysfunction and blindness is on the increase. This is a significant global problem. The …

The rates of cataract surgery are increasing and postoperative outcomes are improving
worldwide, yet challenges to reducing the cataract burden further remain. Cost, an …

Cataract surgery is the commonest single surgical procedure carried out in the developed
world. In the developing world, cataract remains the commonest cause of blindness. In 1990 …

Cataract is the leading cause of blindness in the world. Cataract surgery has been shown by
multiple studies to be one of the most cost-effective health interventions, and leads to a …

Although manual small incision cataract surgery is the most cost-effective intervention, there
are other issues related to the delivery of services in developing countries. We need to plan …

Cataracts still continue-to be a major cause of blindness globally and with the rapidly aging
population, it is a challenge to tackle. We need to plan a comprehensive strategy addressing …

Summary Background India's National Programme for Control of Blindness focuses almost
exclusively on cataract, based on a national survey done in the 1980s which reported that …