Child eye health
See why millions of children live with treatable vision problems—and what can be done to change it. Best viewed on desktop — scroll slowly to explore the full data story.
Burton, M. et al. Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health: Vision Beyond 2020. The Lancet Global Health (2021).
Kuper H, et al. The impact of disability on the lives of children; cross-sectional data including 8,900 children with disabilities and 898,834 children without disabilities across 30 countries. PLoS One 2014; 9: e107300.
Hannum E, et al. Poverty and proximate barriers to learning: vision deficiencies, vision correction and educational outcomes in rural northwest China. World Dev 2012; 40: 1921–31.
Usama Siddiqui – Pakistan, Antonio Aragon Renuncio – Nicaragua, Mudassara Samiullah – Pakistan, Heidi Sangeun Nho – Viet Nam, Mudassara Samiullah – Pakistan, Abdullah Almajed – Saudi Arabia
Burton, M. et al. Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health: Vision Beyond 2020. The Lancet Global Health (2021).
Kuper H, et al. The impact of disability on the lives of children; cross-sectional data including 8,900 children with disabilities and 898,834 children without disabilities across 30 countries. PLoS One 2014; 9: e107300.
Hannum E, et al. Poverty and proximate barriers to learning: vision deficiencies, vision correction and educational outcomes in rural northwest China. World Dev 2012; 40: 1921–31.
Usama Siddiqui – Pakistan, Antonio Aragon Renuncio – Nicaragua, Mudassara Samiullah – Pakistan, Heidi Sangeun Nho – Viet Nam, Mudassara Samiullah – Pakistan, Abdullah Almajed – Saudi Arabia
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Burton, M. et al. Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health: Vision Beyond 2020. The Lancet Global Health (2021).
Kuper H, et al. The impact of disability on the lives of children; cross-sectional data including 8,900 children with disabilities and 898,834 children without disabilities across 30 countries. PLoS One 2014; 9: e107300.
Hannum E, et al. Poverty and proximate barriers to learning: vision deficiencies, vision correction and educational outcomes in rural northwest China. World Dev 2012; 40: 1921–31.
Usama Siddiqui – Pakistan, Antonio Aragon Renuncio – Nicaragua, Mudassara Samiullah – Pakistan, Heidi Sangeun Nho – Viet Nam, Mudassara Samiullah – Pakistan, Abdullah Almajed – Saudi Arabia
