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Understand the key stories behind the data featured on the Vision Atlas, including Eye Health: Why It Matters showing the connection to the SDGs.
https://www.iapb.org/learn/vision-atlas/about/downloads/?_rt=MjV8M3x2aXNpb24gYXRsYXN8MTc0NjE0NzczOQ&_rt_nonce=bc2248c1c1National 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=Mjd8M3x2aXNpb24gYXRsYXN8MTc0NjE0Nzc0MA&_rt_nonce=0380a31e71China 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=Mjh8M3x2aXNpb24gYXRsYXN8MTc0NjE0Nzc0MA&_rt_nonce=e34d770ce9Two 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=Mjl8M3x2aXNpb24gYXRsYXN8MTc0NjE0Nzc0MA&_rt_nonce=1eb08df07eView the map & estimates of vision loss for 21 GBD Regions.
https://www.iapb.org/learn/vision-atlas/magnitude-and-projections/gbd-regions/?_rt=MzJ8M3x2aXNpb24gYXRsYXN8MTc0NjE0Nzc0MA&_rt_nonce=a0f74b03dbGlobally, 1.1 billion people were living with vision loss in 2020.
https://www.iapb.org/learn/vision-atlas/magnitude-and-projections/global/?_rt=MzV8M3x2aXNpb24gYXRsYXN8MTc0NjE0Nzc0MA&_rt_nonce=b578f74bb9Globally, 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=MzZ8M3x2aXNpb24gYXRsYXN8MTc0NjE0Nzc0MQ&_rt_nonce=c0279fc431
