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National indicators, such as the size of the eye health workforce, help us track progress to reduce avoidable blindness and vision impairment.
https://www.iapb.org/learn/vision-atlas/solutions/national-indicators/?_rt=MjZ8M3x2aXNpb24gYXRsYXN8MTc0MDM0NjUyMA&_rt_nonce=8ea451fb98China and India together account for 49% of the world’s total burden of blindness and vision impairment.
https://www.iapb.org/learn/vision-atlas/magnitude-and-projections/countries/?_rt=Mjd8M3x2aXNpb24gYXRsYXN8MTc0MDM0NjUyMA&_rt_nonce=b6337a2197Two GBD Super Regions have the highest overall prevalence of vision loss.
https://www.iapb.org/learn/vision-atlas/magnitude-and-projections/gbd-super-regions/?_rt=Mjh8M3x2aXNpb24gYXRsYXN8MTc0MDM0NjUyMA&_rt_nonce=f1f974d244View the map & estimates of vision loss for 21 GBD Regions.
https://www.iapb.org/learn/vision-atlas/magnitude-and-projections/gbd-regions/?_rt=MzF8M3x2aXNpb24gYXRsYXN8MTc0MDM0NjUyMA&_rt_nonce=b66cc24b20Globally, 1.1 billion people were living with vision loss in 2020.
https://www.iapb.org/learn/vision-atlas/magnitude-and-projections/global/?_rt=MzR8M3x2aXNpb24gYXRsYXN8MTc0MDM0NjUyMA&_rt_nonce=c1b0e66446Globally, millions of people are blind or have low vision due to lack of access to spectacles, resulting in reduced quality of life.
https://www.iapb.org/learn/knowledge-hub/eye-conditions/refractive-error/?_rt=MzV8M3x2aXNpb24gYXRsYXN8MTc0MDM0NjUyMA&_rt_nonce=1512d5a597
