Search Results - "Limburg, Hans"
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Number of People Blind or Visually Impaired by Cataract Worldwide and in World Regions, 1990 to 2010
Published in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science (01-10-2015)“…To estimate prevalence and number of people visually impaired or blind due to cataract. Based on the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2010 and ongoing…”
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Global causes of blindness and distance vision impairment 1990–2020: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Published in The Lancet global health (01-12-2017)“…Contemporary data for causes of vision impairment and blindness form an important basis of recommendations in public health policies. Refreshment of the Global…”
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Prevalence and causes of vision loss in high-income countries and in Eastern and Central Europe in 2015: magnitude, temporal trends and projections
Published in British journal of ophthalmology (01-05-2018)“…Within a surveillance of the prevalence and causes of vision impairment in high-income regions and Central/Eastern Europe, we update figures through 2015 and…”
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Effective cataract surgical coverage: An indicator for measuring quality-of-care in the context of Universal Health Coverage
Published in PloS one (01-03-2017)“…To define and demonstrate effective cataract surgical coverage (eCSC), a candidate UHC indicator that combines a coverage measure (cataract surgical coverage,…”
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Magnitude, temporal trends, and projections of the global prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Published in The Lancet global health (01-09-2017)“…Global and regional prevalence estimates for blindness and vision impairment are important for the development of public health policies. We aimed to provide…”
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Estimates of visual impairment and its causes from the National Eye Survey in Malaysia (NESII)
Published in PloS one (26-06-2018)“…Population-based data on prevalence, causes of blindness and extent of ophthalmological coverage is required for efficient implementation and evaluation of…”
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Global Vision Impairment and Blindness Due to Uncorrected Refractive Error, 1990–2010
Published in Optometry and vision science (01-03-2016)“…The purpose of this systematic review was to estimate worldwide the number of people with moderate and severe visual impairment (MSVI; presenting visual acuity…”
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Vision impairment and blindness in individuals aged 60 years and older in Latin America and the Caribbean
Published in Revista panamericana de salud pública (01-01-2024)“…To determine the prevalence and causes of vision loss and calculate the effective cataract surgery coverage (eCSC) in adults aged 60 years and older in Latin…”
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Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness in Western Rwanda: blindness in a postconflict setting
Published in PLoS medicine (01-07-2007)“…The World Health Organization estimates that there were 37 million blind people in 2002 and that the prevalence of blindness was 9% among adults in Africa aged…”
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Prevalence of refractive errors in Hungary reveals three-fold increase in myopia
Published in International journal of ophthalmology (18-07-2022)“…To examine the prevalence and composition of refractive errors in Hungary. Nationwide cross-sectional data collected between 2014 and 2019 were analysed from…”
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Cataract indicators: their development and use over the last 30 years
Published in Community eye health (01-01-2018)“…How do we know if our cataract service is reaching enough (and the right) people? How can we tell whether the quality of surgery is good enough? Understanding…”
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The Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness survey: Review of the methodology and protocol for the seventh version (RAAB7)
Published in Wellcome open research (2024)“…The Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB) is a population-based cross-sectional survey methodology used to collect data on the prevalence of vision…”
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Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness in Nakuru District, Kenya
Published in Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.) (01-03-2007)“…Objectives To estimate the prevalence of avoidable blindness in ≥50-year-olds in Nakuru district, Kenya, and to evaluate the Rapid Assessment for Avoidable…”
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Uncorrected refractive errors are important causes of avoidable visual impairment in Hungary: re-evaluation of two existing national data sets
Published in International journal of ophthalmology (18-06-2023)“…To review existing data for the prevalence of corrected, uncorrected, and inadequately corrected refractive errors and spectacle wear in Hungary. Data from two…”
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Prevalence and Causes of Blindness in Children in Vietnam
Published in Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.) (01-02-2012)“…Objective To estimate the prevalence of blindness in children in Vietnam and to assess the major causes. Design A population-based study sampled children from…”
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Cost-effectiveness of screening and correcting refractive errors in school children in Africa, Asia, America and Europe
Published in Health policy (Amsterdam) (01-02-2009)“…Abstract Objective To estimate the costs and effects of alternative strategies for annual screening of school children for refractive errors, and the provision…”
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Relationship between diabetes mellitus and cataract in Hungary
Published in International journal of ophthalmology (18-05-2020)“…To examine the coexistence of diabetes mellitus (DM) and cataract in Hungary. The effects of DM on the cataract surgical results were also in the focus of…”
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Cataract blindness in Hungary
Published in International journal of ophthalmology (18-03-2020)“…To estimate the prevalence of blindness and visual impairment resulting from cataract in the population aged ≥50y in Hungary, and to assess the cataract…”
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Blindness and Visual Impairment in the Republic of Suriname
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Transforming research results into useful tools for global health: BOOST
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