Prevalence and causes of vision loss in sub-Saharan Africa: 1990–2010

Kovin Naidoo; Stephen Gichuhi; María-Gloria Basáñez; Seth R Flaxman; Jost B Jonas; Jill Keeffe; Janet L Leasher; Konrad Pesudovs; Holly Price; Jennifer L Smith; Hugo C Turner; Richard A White; Tien Y Wong; Serge Resnikoff; Hugh R Taylor; Rupert R A Bourne; on behalf of the Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study

doi:10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304081

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Prevalence and causes of vision loss in sub-Saharan Africa: 1990–2010

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Kovin Naidoo African Vision Research Institute, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa and Brien Holden Vision Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stephen Gichuhi Department of Ophthalmology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articles Google scholar articles
María-Gloria Basáñez Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Seth R Flaxman School of Computer Science & Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jost B Jonas Department of Ophthalmology, Universitätsmedizin, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jill Keeffe L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Janet L Leasher Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Konrad Pesudovs NHMRC Centre for Clinical Eye Research, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Holly Price Vision & Eye Research Unit, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jennifer L Smith London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hugo C Turner Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Richard A White Department of Genes and Environment, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tien Y Wong Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Serge Resnikoff Brien Holden Vision Institute, Sydney, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hugh R Taylor Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rupert R A Bourne Vision & Eye Research Unit, Postgraduate Medical Institute, 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, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge, CB1 1PT, UK; rb{at}rupertbourne.co.uk

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Naidoo K, Gichuhi S, Basáñez M, et al

Prevalence and causes of vision loss in sub-Saharan Africa: 1990–2010

British Journal of Ophthalmology 2014;98:612-618.

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Received July 25, 2013
Revised October 20, 2013
Accepted December 11, 2013
First published February 25, 2014.

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January 31, 2017

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