TY - JOUR T1 - Vision impairment in the Pacific region JF - British Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Br J Ophthalmol SP - 605 LP - 610 DO - 10.1136/bjo.86.6.605 VL - 86 IS - 6 AU - J E Keeffe AU - K Konyama AU - H R Taylor Y1 - 2002/06/01 UR - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/86/6/605.abstract N2 - The Western Pacific region is one of great diversity, containing the most populous country, China, and many small Pacific island countries. This review describes the prevalence of blindness and vision loss, illustrates the changing trends in the important causes of vision loss and blindness, and the stages of development of the delivery of eye care services across this region. ER -