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. 2023 Feb 28;11(1):e2200091.
doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00091. Print 2023 Feb 28.

Does the Current Global Health Agenda Lack Vision?

Sam L Forrest  1 , Carmel L Mercado  2   3 , Cyril M Engmann  4   5   6 , Andrew W Stacey  2 , Luxme Hariharan  7 , Sadaf Khan  6 , Michelle T Cabrera  8   3
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Does the Current Global Health Agenda Lack Vision?

Sam L Forrest et al. Glob Health Sci Pract. .

Abstract

Given increasing rates of visual impairment worldwide, we call on national health plans and global development agencies to urgently focus funding and resources toward vision and eye health, with an emphasis on data collection surrounding new and changing burden of eye disease.

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