Prevalence and causes of vision loss in East Asia in 2015: magnitude, temporal trends and projections.

CONCLUSIONS: Addressing the public healthcare barriers for cataract and uncorrected refractive error can help eliminate almost 57% of all blindness cases in this region. Therefore, public healthcare efforts should be focused on effective screening and effective patient education, with access to high-quality healthcare. PMID: 31462416 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The British Journal of Ophthalmology - August 27, 2019 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Cheng CY, Wang N, Wong TY, Congdon N, He M, Wang YX, Braithwaite T, Casson RJ, Cicinelli MV, Das A, Flaxman SR, Jonas JB, Keeffe JE, Kempen JH, Leasher J, Limburg H, Naidoo K, Pesudovs K, Resnikoff S, Silvester AJ, Tahhan N, Taylor HR, Bourne RRA, Vision Tags: Br J Ophthalmol Source Type: research