The global crisis of visual impairment: an emerging global health priority requiring urgent action
John‐Ross Rizzo, Mahya Beheshti, Todd E. Hudson, Pattanasak Mongkolwat, Wachara Riewpaiboon, William Seiple, Olugbenga Ogedegbe, Rajesh Vedanthan
Abstract
In 2010, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported 733 million people with visual impairment (VI) world-wide and predicted an increase to 929 million by 2020 [1]. Their updated report from late ...
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