The impact of Vision 2020 on global blindness

被引：246

作者：

Foster, A

Resnikoff, S

机构：

[1] London Sch Hyg & Trop Med, Int Ctr Eye Hlth, London WC1E 7HT, England

[2] WHO, Prevent Blindness & Deafness Programme, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland

来源：

EYE | 2005年 / 19卷 / 10期

关键词：

blindness; prevalence; Vision; 2020;

D O I：

10.1038/sj.eye.6701973

中图分类号：

R77 [眼科学];

学科分类号：

100212 ;

摘要：

Introduction Recent data suggest that there are 37 million blind people and 124 million with low vision, excluding those with uncorrected refractive errors. The main causes of global blindness are cataract, glaucoma, corneal scarring (from a variety of causes), age-related macular degeneration, and diabetic retinopathy. Conclusion It would appear that the global Vision 2020 initiative is having an impact to reduce avoidable blindness particularly from ocular infections, but more needs to be done to address cataract, glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy.

引用

页码：1133 / 1135

页数：3

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