The global cost of eliminating avoidable blindness

Aims : To complete an initial estimate of the global cost of eliminating avoidable blindness, including the investment required to build ongoing primary and secondary health care systems, as well as to eliminate the ′backlog′ of avoidable blindness. This analysis also seeks to understand and articul...

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Main Authors:	Kirsten L Armstrong, Martin Jovic, Jennifer L Vo-Phuoc, Jeremy G Thorpe, Brian L Doolan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:	Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Subjects:	Diabetes-related blindness diabetic retinopathy key informant rapid assessment of avoidable blindness retinopathy of prematurity tele-ophthalmology Blindness disability equity health economics health policy health and development social exclusion Community eye health prevention of blindness ophthalmogical residency VISION 2020 Visual impairment blindness inequality social class income educational status gender and ethnic groups Advocacy effective service delivery enabling environment stakeholders resources Avoidable blindness and visual impairment impact scaling up Global blindness prevalence visual impairment visual acuity Comprehensive eye care eye care model pyramidal model optometrist optometry regulation eye health India Economics market government cost Millennium development goals Vision 2020 the Right to Sight eye care services planning rapid assessment methods Avoidable blindness cataract surgical rate corneal blindness Compliance services Human resource development service delivery social entrepreneurship uncorrected refractive error cataract extraction cataract coverage data aggregation population Case detection comprehensive eye examination developing countries glaucoma integrated approach training requirements Child health policy childhood blindness social determinants of eye health Access Asia-pacific funding low vision policy Funding vision research priorities peer review research Cataract surgery clinical outcome patient-reported outcome quality improvement quality Global eye health health interventions health systems systems thinking global cost health investment primary and secondary health
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The global cost of eliminating avoidable blindness

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