Prevalence and causes of blindness and vision impairment: magnitude, temporal trends and projections in South and Central Asia

Vinay Nangia; Jost B Jonas; Ronnie George; Vijaya Lingam; Leon Ellwein; Maria Vittoria Cicinelli; Aditi Das; Seth R Flaxman; Jill E Keeffe; John H Kempen; Janet Leasher; Hans Limburg; Kovin Naidoo; Konrad Pesudovs; Serge Resnikoff; Alexander J Silvester; Nina Tahhan; Hugh R Taylor; Tien Y Wong; Rupert R A Bourne

doi:10.1136/bjophthalmol-2018-312292

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Prevalence and causes of blindness and vision impairment: magnitude, temporal trends and projections in South and Central Asia

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Vinay Nangia Suraj Eye Institute, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jost B Jonas Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ronnie George Department of Glaucoma, Medical Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Vijaya Lingam Department of Glaucoma, Medical Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Leon Ellwein National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Maria Vittoria Cicinelli San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Aditi Das Health Education Yorkshire and the Humber, Humber, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Seth R Flaxman Department of Mathematics, Data Science Institute, Imperial College, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jill E Keeffe Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India PubMed articles Google scholar articles
John H Kempen Director of Epidemiology, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Discovery Eye Center, MyungSung Christian Medical Center and Medical School, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Janet Leasher Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hans Limburg Health Information Services, Grootebroek, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kovin Naidoo African Vision Research Institute, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa and Brien Holden Vision Institute, Sydney, Victoria, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Konrad Pesudovs 5 Rose St, Glenelg, Glenelg, South Australia, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Serge Resnikoff Brien Holden Vision Institute, Sydney, Australia & School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alexander J Silvester Pauls Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nina Tahhan Brien Holden Vision Institute, Sydney, Australia & School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hugh R Taylor Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Parkville, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tien Y Wong Singapore Eye Research Institute, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Asia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rupert R A Bourne Vision and Eye Research Unit, School of Medicine, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
on behalf of the Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study
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Correspondence to Professor Rupert R A Bourne, Vision and Eye Research Unit, School of Medicine, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK; rb{at}rupertbourne.co.uk

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Nangia V, Jonas JB, George R on behalf of the Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study, et al

Prevalence and causes of blindness and vision impairment: magnitude, temporal trends and projections in South and Central Asia

British Journal of Ophthalmology 2019;103:871-877.

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Received March 22, 2018
Revised July 5, 2018
Accepted September 23, 2018
First published November 8, 2018.

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June 21, 2019

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