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Studies examine rates of blindness and vision impairment worldwide – News-Medical.Net
Sobering new statistics released by the Global Burden of Disease study found no significant reduction in the number of people with treatable sight loss worldwide…
Sobering new statistics released by the Global Burden of Disease study found no significant reduction in the number of people with treatable sight loss worldwide since 2010 as public health services failed to meet World Health Organization (WHO) targets.
Two studies published Dec. 1 in The Lancet Global Health examine rates of blindness and vision impairment worldwide in light of WHO goals to achieve a 25 percent reduction in avoidable sight loss in the decade leading up to 2020.
They found overall…
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