New Study Predicts Doubling Of Sight Loss & Blindness By 2050

Researchers led by Rupert Bourne, Professor of Ophthalmology at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), led a team of researchers who examined more than 500 studies showing trends in prevalence of blindness and vision loss, allowing them to make forecasts about vision loss over the next three decades. Click the link below to read about it!

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Blindness and sight loss to double by 2050

Blindness and severe vision impairment is predicted to affect almost 900 million people worldwide by 2050-up from around 338 million today, according to a new pre-print study accepted by The Lancet and highlighted on World Sight Day (8 October).

Vision Problems During COVID-19 Pandemic

People have unfortunately developed serious vision problems due to the drop in eye care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more by clicking the link below.

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Eye of the Storm: Vision Problems Part of COVID-19's Collateral Damage

The coronavirus tidal wave has made Dr. Ruth Williams rethink what she considers essential and elective care in her field of ophthalmology - which cases constitute an emergency, and which count as routine.