The Lancet Global Health· 2021Q1
The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health: vision beyond 2020
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Short summary
Improving global eye health is a cost-effective strategy that unlocks human potential and directly contributes to achieving multiple Sustainable Development Goals, including poverty reduction, improved productivity, and better general health.
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Key points
- Improving eye health is a cost-effective strategy.
- Eye health contributes to poverty reduction and work productivity.
- Enhancing eye health supports multiple Sustainable Development Goals.
- Eye health needs to be reframed as a cross-cutting development issue.
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Abstract
There is extensive evidence showing that improving eye health contributes directly and indirectly to achieving many Sustainable Development Goals, including reducing poverty and improving work productivity, general and mental health, and education and equity. Improving eye health is a practical and cost-effective way of unlocking human potential. Eye health needs to be reframed as an enabling, cross-cutting issue within the sustainable development framework.
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Field: Ophthalmology
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