Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Comment
. 2021 Feb;9(2):e100-e101.
doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00008-5.

Rising to the challenge: estimates of the magnitude and causes of vision impairment and blindness

Stuart Keel  1 , Alarcos Cieza  2
Affiliations
Comment

Rising to the challenge: estimates of the magnitude and causes of vision impairment and blindness

Stuart Keel et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Feb.
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Comment on

References

    1. GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment Collaborators. on behalf of the Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study Trends in prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment over 30 years: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet Glob Health. 2021;9:e130–e143. - PMC - PubMed
    1. GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment Collaborators. on behalf of the Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet Glob Health. 2021;9:e144–e160. - PMC - PubMed
    1. WHO . World Health Organization; Geneva: 2019. World report on vision.https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/328717
    1. Holden BA, Fricke TR, Wilson DA. Global prevalence of myopia and high myopia and temporal trends from 2000 through 2050. Ophthalmology. 2016;123:1036–1042. - PubMed
    1. Rudnicka AR, Kapetanakis VV, Wathern AK. Global variations and time trends in the prevalence of childhood myopia, a systematic review and quantitative meta-analysis: implications for aetiology and early prevention. Br J Ophthalmol. 2016;100:882–890. - PMC - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources