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Aravind Eye Hospital
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2021 · The Lancet Global Health · 1,601 citations
The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health: vision beyond 2020
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.