Vision impairment and blindness in individuals aged 60 years and older in Latin America and the Caribbean

• Main Authors: Patricia Morsch (Author), Carolina Hommes (Author), Arthur Gustavo Fernandes (Author), Hans Limburg (Author), João Marcello Furtado (Author), Enrique Vega (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pan American Health Organization, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. 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 America and the Caribbean in 2020. Methods. The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness Vision Atlas and the Rapid Ass...