Prevalence and causes of vision loss in South-east Asia and Oceania in 2015: magnitude, temporal trends and projections

Jill Elizabeth Keeffe; Robert J Casson; Konrad Pesudovs; Hugh R Taylor; Maria Vittoria Cicinelli; Aditi Das; Seth R Flaxman; Jost B Jonas; John H Kempen; Janet Leasher; Hans Limburg; Kovin Naidoo; Alexander J Silvester; Gretchen A Stevens; Nina Tahhan; Tien Yin Wong; Serge Resnikoff; Rupert R A Bourne

doi:10.1136/bjophthalmol-2018-311946

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Prevalence and causes of vision loss in South-east Asia and Oceania in 2015: magnitude, temporal trends and projections

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Jill Elizabeth Keeffe L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Robert J Casson University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Konrad Pesudovs PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hugh R Taylor Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Maria Vittoria Cicinelli San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Aditi Das Health Education Yorkshire, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Seth R Flaxman Department of Mathematics and Data Science Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jost B Jonas Department of Ophthalmology, Universitätsmedizin, Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
John H Kempen Immunology and Uveitis Service, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Discovery Eye Center, Leawood, Kansas, USA MyungSung Christian Medical Center, 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 & Brien Holden Vision Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alexander J Silvester St Pauls Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Prescot Street, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gretchen A Stevens Department of Information, Evidence and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nina Tahhan Brien Holden Vision Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tien Yin Wong Singapore Eye Research Institute, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Serge Resnikoff Brien Holden Vision Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rupert R A Bourne Vision & Eye Research Unit, 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 Jill Elizabeth Keeffe, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana 500034, India; jillkeeffe{at}lvpei.org

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Keeffe JE, Casson RJ, Pesudovs K on behalf of the Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study, et al

Prevalence and causes of vision loss in South-east Asia and Oceania in 2015: magnitude, temporal trends and projections

British Journal of Ophthalmology 2019;103:878-884.

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Received January 17, 2018
Revised June 11, 2018
Accepted June 17, 2018
First published September 12, 2018.

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June 21, 2019

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