Ophthalmology in the tropics
2021年5月26日 (水) 17:52時点におけるVaccipedia.admin (トーク | 投稿記録)による版
significance
- eye health is related to every factor of total 17 SDGs both directly and indirectly
- vision impairment significantly increases mortality
definition
- ○/● ○=distance in meter ●=designated scale
- Japanese decimal visual acuity can be converted by just calculation of the fraction
- Peek Vision App (only for Android)
- normal > 6/6
- visual impairment 6/12 - 3/60
- blind <3/60
magnitude
- 1.1 bil. some vision impairment in 2020
- 43 mil. blind
- 295 mil. MSVI (moderate to severe visual impairment)
- 258 mil. mild impairment
- 510 mil. near impairment
- 90% of visually impaired people live in LMICs
