Visual function rather than visual acuity - Authors' reply

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¹ International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; College of Health Sciences, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria.
² Vision and Eye Research Institute, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK; Department of Ophthalmology, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK.
³ National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK.
⁴ Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵ Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK; Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; Orbis International, New York, NY, USA.
⁶ International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Orbis International, New York, NY, USA; School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
⁷ International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK. Electronic address: matthew.burton@lshtm.ac.uk.

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Fatima Kyari et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Jul.

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doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00246-1.

¹ International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; College of Health Sciences, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria.
² Vision and Eye Research Institute, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK; Department of Ophthalmology, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK.
³ National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK.
⁴ Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁵ Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK; Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; Orbis International, New York, NY, USA.
⁶ International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Orbis International, New York, NY, USA; School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
⁷ International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK. Electronic address: matthew.burton@lshtm.ac.uk.

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NC reports professional fees from Belkin Laser. All other authors declare no competing interests.

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