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ArticleGlobal pediatric health2021

Childhood Blindness: Beyond VISION 2020 and the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Roland Joseph D Tan, Indra Prasad Sharma, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno

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Article in Global pediatric health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Roland Joseph D TanBaguio General Hospital and Medical Center, Baguio City, Philippines.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9474-1368
Indra Prasad SharmaJigme Dorji Wangchuck National, Thimphu, Bhutan.
Don Eliseo Lucero-PrisnoLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The World report on vision in 2019 found it difficult to evaluate VISION 2020's impact on childhood blindness and VI since data on prevalence and causes were scarce. Considering the high chance of the global initiative missing its desired goal in children, we recommend that a sustainable version of it be launched soon. Central to this new initiative shall be better data collection on prevalence and causes of childhood blindness and VI, eye care provision and an updated and uniform system of reporting. Complete and updated data can better reflect the burden and monitor the impact of interventions. However, data collection will continue to be difficult due to the COVID-19 pandemic so the initial phase shall be tailored to the current situation.

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COVID-19eye healthlow middle-income countriespediatricVISION 2020

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PMID34350306
PMCPMC8295931

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