Prevalence and causes of vision loss in sub-Saharan Africa in 2015: magnitude, temporal trends and projections

Naidoo, Kovin; Kempen, John H; Gichuhi, Stephen; Braithwaite, Tasanee; Casson, Robert J; Cicinelli, Maria Vittoria; Das, Aditi; Flaxman, Seth R; Jonas, Jost B; Keeffe, Jill Elizabeth; Leasher, Janet; Limburg, Hans; Pesudovs, Konrad; Resnikoff, Serge; Silvester, Alexander J; Tahhan, Nina; Taylor, Hugh R; Wong, Tien Y; Bourne, Rupert R A; Collaborators (Bourne R, Vision Loss Expert Group Of The Global Burden Of Disease Study.; Ackland, P; Arditi, A; Barkana, Y; Bozkurt, B; Tasanee, B; Bron, A; Budenz, D; Cai, F; Casson, R; Chakravarthy, U; Choi, J; Cicinelli, Mv; Congdon, N; Dana, R; Dandona, R; Dandona, L; Das, A; Dekaris, I; Monte Del Monte Md,; Deva, J; Dirani, M; Dreer, L; Ellwein, L; Frazier, M; Frick, K; Friedman, D; Furtado, J; Gao, H; Gazzard, A; George, R; Gichuhi, S; Gonzalez, V; Hammond, B; Hartnett, Me; M, He; Hejtmancik, J; Hirai, F; Huang, J; Ingram, A; Javitt, J; Jonas, J; Joslin, C; Keeffe, J; Kempen, J; Khairallah, M; Khanna, R; Kim, J; Lambrou, G; Lansingh, Vc; Lanzetta, P; Leasher, J; Lim, J; Hans, L; Mansouri, K; Mathew, A; Morse, A; Munoz, B; Musch, D; Naidoo, K; Nangia, V; Maria, P; Battaglia Parodi, M; Pena, Fy; Pesudovs, K; Peto, T; Quigley, H; Raju, M; Ramulu, P; Resnikoff, S; Reza, D; Robin, A; Rossetti, L; Saaddine, J; Sandar, M; Serle, J; Shen, T; Shetty, R; Sieving, P; Silva, Jc; Silvester, A; Sitorus, Rs; Stambolian, D; Stevens, G; Taylor, H; Tejedor, J; Tielsch, J; Topouzis, F; Tsilimbaris, M; Meurs, Jv; Varma, R; Virgili, G; Volmink, J; Wang, Yx; Ning-Li Wang SW,; Wiedemann, P; Wong, T; Wormald, R; Zheng, Y; Flaxman, S).

doi:10.1136/bjophthalmol-2019-315217

This study aimed to assess the prevalence and causes of vision loss in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in 2015, compared with prior years, and to estimate expected values for 2020.

Prevalence and causes of vision loss in sub-Saharan Africa in 2015: magnitude, temporal trends and projections / Naidoo, K., Kempen, J.H., Gichuhi, S., Braithwaite, T., Casson, R.J., Cicinelli, M.V., Das, A., Flaxman, S.R., Jonas, J.B., Keeffe, J.E., Leasher, J., Limburg, H., Pesudovs, K., Resnikoff, S., Silvester, A.J., Tahhan, N., Taylor, H.R., Wong, T.Y., Bourne, R.R.A., Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study., C., et al.. - In: BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY. - ISSN 0007-1161. - (2020), p. bjophthalmol-2019-315217. [Epub ahead of print] [10.1136/bjophthalmol-2019-315217]