Abstract Purpose: The World Health Organization Program for the Prevention of Blindness
adopted the principles of universal health coverage (UHC) in its latest plan, Universal Eye …

Aims To assess the global burden and economic inequalities in the distribution of blindness
and vision loss between 1990 and 2019. Methods A secondary analysis of the Global …

Background Many causes of vision impairment can be prevented or treated. With an ageing
global population, the demands for eye health services are increasing. We estimated the …

Background: Many causes of vision impairment can be prevented or treated. With an ageing
global population, the demands for eye health services are increasing. We estimated the …

Africa carries a disproportionate responsibility in terms of blindness and visual impairment.
With approximately 10 per cent of the world's population, Africa has 19 per cent of the …

GLOBAL BLINDNESS IS A MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH problem. Worldwide, approximately 37
million people are blind, and an estimated 124 million have significant visual impairment. 1 …

Background: Globally, and in Africa, after adjusting for age, women are about 1.4 times more
likely to be blind than men. While women generally live longer than men, the lack of …

An estimated 45 million people around the world are blind. 1 Most of them have lost their
sight to diseases that are treatable or preventable. Eighty percent of them live in the lesser …

Many low-and middle-income countries use national eye-care plans to guide efforts to
strengthen eye-care services. The World Health Organization recognizes that evidence is …

Abstract Purpose of Review Our goal is to provide a review of the impact, global estimates,
and projection of vision impairment as well as ongoing systems for eye care delivery. Recent …