Inequality and inequity in eye health
According to the 2010 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, the global prevalence of blindness (age-standardised) has declined from 0.60% in 1990 to 0.47% in 2010. This seems to indicate that an increasing number of people have access to good eye health services.
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| description | According to the 2010 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, the global prevalence of blindness (age-standardised) has declined from 0.60% in 1990 to 0.47% in 2010. This seems to indicate that an increasing number of people have access to good eye health services. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2ae13d843fb34110aec6e45d96ea459d2022-12-21T18:49:01ZengInternational Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), LondonCommunity Eye Health Journal0953-68331993-72882016-07-0129930103Inequality and inequity in eye healthJohannes Trimmel 0Director: Policy and Advocacy, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), Vienna, Austria. jtrimmel@iapb.org According to the 2010 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, the global prevalence of blindness (age-standardised) has declined from 0.60% in 1990 to 0.47% in 2010. This seems to indicate that an increasing number of people have access to good eye health services.http://www.cehjournal.org/article/inequality-and-inequity-in-eye-health/DisabilityGlobal dataHealth equality and equityUniversal eye health and VISION 2020AccessibilitySustainable Development Goals |
| spellingShingle | Johannes Trimmel Inequality and inequity in eye health Community Eye Health Journal Disability Global data Health equality and equity Universal eye health and VISION 2020 Accessibility Sustainable Development Goals |
| title | Inequality and inequity in eye health |
| title_full | Inequality and inequity in eye health |
| title_fullStr | Inequality and inequity in eye health |
| title_full_unstemmed | Inequality and inequity in eye health |
| title_short | Inequality and inequity in eye health |
| title_sort | inequality and inequity in eye health |
| topic | Disability Global data Health equality and equity Universal eye health and VISION 2020 Accessibility Sustainable Development Goals |
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