Imperial College London
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PROFESSOR AZEEM MAJEED

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Chair - Primary Care and Public Health & Head of Department
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 3368a.majeed Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Ms Dorothea Cockerell +44 (0)20 7594 3368

 
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Location

 

Reynolds BuildingCharing Cross Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

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@article{GBD:2018:10.1007/s00038-017-1000-7,
author = {GBD, 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Region Vision Loss Collaborators and Mokdad, A and Rawaf, S and Rawaf, D},
doi = {10.1007/s00038-017-1000-7},
journal = {International Journal of Public Health},
pages = {199--210},
title = {Burden of vision loss in the Eastern Mediterranean region, 1990–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-017-1000-7},
volume = {63},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - ObjectivesTo report the estimated trend in prevalence and years lived with disability (YLDs) due to vision loss (VL) in the Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR) from 1990 to 2015.MethodsThe estimated trends in age-standardized prevalence and the YLDs rate due to VL in 22 EMR countries were extracted from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2015 study. The association of Socio-demographic Index (SDI) with changes in prevalence and YLDs of VL was evaluated using a multilevel mixed model.ResultsThe age-standardized prevalence of VL in the EMR was 18.2% in 1990 and 15.5% in 2015. The total age-standardized YLDs rate attributed to all-cause VL in EMR was 536.9 per 100,000 population in 1990 and 482.3 per 100,000 population in 2015. For each 0.1 unit increase in SDI, the age-standardized prevalence and YLDs rate of VL showed a reduction of 1.5% (p < 0.001) and 23.9 per 100,000 population (p < 0.001), respectively.ConclusionsThe burden of VL is high in the EMR; however, it shows a descending trend over the past 25 years. EMR countries need to establish comprehensive eye care programs in their health care systems.
AU  - GBD,2015 Eastern Mediterranean Region Vision Loss Collaborators
AU  - Mokdad,A
AU  - Rawaf,S
AU  - Rawaf,D
DO  - 10.1007/s00038-017-1000-7
EP  - 210
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 1661-8564
SP  - 199
TI  - Burden of vision loss in the Eastern Mediterranean region, 1990–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study
T2  - International Journal of Public Health
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-017-1000-7
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/49685
VL  - 63
ER  -
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