Modernizing and expanding universal eye care coverage after VISION 2020
Photo by Wesley Tingey on Unsplash INTRODUCTION On February 18, 1999, the World Health Organization launched VISION 2020 to eliminate preventable, treatable blindness by 2020.[1] Today, low-income nations continue to lack access to prevention-based eye care.[2] The leading causes of vision im...
Main Author: | Megan Yu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Columbia University Libraries
2020-09-01
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Series: | Voices in Bioethics |
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Online Access: | https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/bioethics/article/view/7083 |
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