about the databaseThe overall goal of the Global Vision Database (GVD) is to develop and deploy new and improved evidence on the prevalence of blindness and vision impairment and its causes, on intervention coverage, to inform and influence global priorities and programs.
The main purposes of GVD are to:
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backgroundThe Global Vision Database has been established by an international consortium of ophthalmologists and optometrists with an interest in the epidemiology of eye disease.
Funding supportThe Vision Loss Expert Group is immensely grateful to the following organisations that are funding the 2018-2023 part of their work...
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objectivesSince 2008, the group have compiled a database of over 500 population-based eye surveys published between 1980 and 2020 by systematically reviewing vision-related references in medical literature.
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partnersThe Vision Loss Expert Group is an international group of ophthalmologists and optometrists with experience in ophthalmic epidemiology. This work also works closely with the WHO.
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