Does the Current Global Health Agenda Lack Vision?

Sam L Forrest; Carmel L Mercado; Cyril M Engmann; Andrew W Stacey; Luxme Hariharan; Sadaf Khan; Michelle T Cabrera

doi:10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00091

Does the Current Global Health Agenda Lack Vision?

Glob Health Sci Pract. 2023 Feb 28;11(1):e2200091. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00091. Print 2023 Feb 28.

Authors

Sam L Forrest¹, Carmel L Mercado^{2

3}, Cyril M Engmann^{4

5

6}, Andrew W Stacey², Luxme Hariharan⁷, Sadaf Khan⁶, Michelle T Cabrera^{8

3}

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
² Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
³ Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁴ Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁵ Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁶ PATH, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁷ Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Chief of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Nicklaus Children's Pediatric Specialists, Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Miami, FL, USA.
⁸ Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. mimitcabrera@gmail.com.

Abstract

Given increasing rates of visual impairment worldwide, we call on national health plans and global development agencies to urgently focus funding and resources toward vision and eye health, with an emphasis on data collection surrounding new and changing burden of eye disease.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Global Health*
Humans