Magnitude, temporal trends, and projections of the global prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Global and regional prevalence estimates for blindness and vision impairment are important for the development of public health policies. We aimed to provide global estimates, trends, and projections of global blindness and vision impairment.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Lancet Glob Health

Title: The Lancet. Global health

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 2214-109X

ISSN (Print): 2214-109X

Publication date (Electronic): Sep 2017

Volume: 5

Issue: 9

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[1 ] Vision & Eye Research Unit, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. Electronic address: rb@rupertbourne.co.uk.

[2 ] Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

[3 ] Vision & Eye Research Unit, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.

[4 ] San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

[5 ] Health Education England (Yorkshire and the Humber), Leeds, UK.

[6 ] Department of Ophthalmology, Universitätsmedizin, Mannheim, Germany; Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.

[7 ] L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.

[8 ] Immunology and Uveitis Service, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA; Discovery Eye Center, MyungSung Christian Medical Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

[9 ] Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.

[10 ] Health Information Services, Grootebroek, Netherlands.

[11 ] African Vision Research Institute, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; Brien Holden Vision Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

[12 ] NHMRC Centre for Clinical Eye Research, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

[13 ] Brien Holden Vision Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia; School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

[14 ] St Paul's Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK.

[15 ] Department of Information, Evidence and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

[16 ] Singapore Eye Research Institute, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

[17 ] Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, VIC, Australia.

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Publisher Item ID: S2214-109X(17)30293-0

DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30293-0

PubMed ID: 28779882

SO-VID: 504a24a3-d875-4fc3-b33f-532e390868d3

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