Defining eye health for everyone

Jacqueline Ramke^{1

2}, Brandon Am Ah Tong³, Judith Stern⁴, Bonnielin K Swenor^{5

6}, Hannah B Faal^{7

8}, Matthew J Burton^{1

9}

Affiliations

¹ International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
² School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
³ The Fred Hollows Foundation, Melbourne, Australia.
⁴ International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, London, UK.
⁵ Disability Health Research Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁶ The Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁷ Department of Ophthalmology, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria.
⁸ Africa Vision Research Institute, Durban, South Africa.
⁹ National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK.

Editorial

Jacqueline Ramke et al. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2022 Jan.

. 2022 Jan;42(1):1-3.

doi: 10.1111/opo.12922. Epub 2021 Nov 19.

Jacqueline Ramke^{1

2}, Brandon Am Ah Tong³, Judith Stern⁴, Bonnielin K Swenor^{5

6}, Hannah B Faal^{7

8}, Matthew J Burton^{1

9}

¹ International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
² School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
³ The Fred Hollows Foundation, Melbourne, Australia.
⁴ International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, London, UK.
⁵ Disability Health Research Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁶ The Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁷ Department of Ophthalmology, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria.
⁸ Africa Vision Research Institute, Durban, South Africa.
⁹ National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK.

No abstract available

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