Cases Of Blindness Anticipated To Triple By 2050, Researchers Say
BBC News: Global blindness set to ‘triple by 2050’
“The number of blind people across the world is set to triple within the next four decades, researchers suggest. Writing in Lancet Global Health, they predict cases will rise from 36 million to 115 million by 2050, if treatment is not improved by better funding…” (Mazumdar, 8/3).
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