1. Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals through improving eye health: a scoping review.
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Zhang JH, Ramke J, Jan C, Bascaran C, Mwangi N, Furtado JM, Yasmin S, Ogundo C, Yoshizaki M, Marques AP, Buchan J, Holland P, Ah Tong BAM, Evans JR, Congdon N, Webson A, and Burton MJ
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- Cities, Humans, Rural Population, Poverty, Sustainable Development
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UN member states have committed to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. This Review examines the published evidence on how improving eye health can contribute to advancing the SDGs (beyond SDG 3). We identified 29 studies that showed direct benefits from providing eye health services on SDGs related to one or more of poverty (SDGs 1, 2, and 8), education (SDG 4), equality (SDGs 5 and 10), and sustainable cities (SDG 11). The eye health services included cataract surgery, free cataract screening, provision of spectacles, trichiasis surgery, rehabilitation services, and rural community eye health volunteers. These findings provide a comprehensive perspective on the direct links between eye health services and advancing the SDGs. In addition, eye health services likely have indirect effects on multiple SDGs, mediated through one of the direct effects. Finally, there are additional plausible links to other SDGs, for which evidence has not yet been established., Competing Interests: Declaration of interests NC is Director of Research for Orbis International, an organisation performing global eye health work in low-income and middle-income countries. JMF receives consulting fees from the Lions Club International Foundation in his role as technical advisor of Lions Club International Foundation for Latin America. All other authors declare no competing interests., (Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.)
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- 2022
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