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2022

Bourne RRA, Cicinelli MV, Sedighi T, et al. … Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study; RAAB International Co-Author Group. Effective refractive error coverage in adults aged 50 years and older: estimates from population-based surveys in 61 countries. Lancet Glob Health. 2022 Dec; 10(12):e1754-e1763. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00433-8. Epub 2022 Oct 11.PMID: 36240807

2021

Bourne RRA, Steinmetz J, et al. Trends in prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment over 30 years: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet Global Health 2021. Vol 9(2) e130-e143.
Steinmetz J, Bourne RRA et al. Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet Global Health 2021. Vol 9(2) e144-e160.
Marques AP, Ramke J, Cairns J, Butt T, Zhang JH, Faal HB, Taylor H, Jones I, Congdon N, Bastawrous A, Braithwaite T, Jovic M, Resnikoff S, Nandakumar A, Khaw PT, Bourne RRA, Gordon I, Frick K, Burton MJ. Estimating the global cost of vision impairment and its major causes: protocol for a systematic review. BMJ Open. 2020 Sep 6;10(9):e036689
Marques AP, Ramke J, Cairns J, Butt T, Zhang JH, Muirhead D, Jones I, Tong BAMA, Swenor BK, Faal H, Bourne RRA, Frick KD, Burton MJ. Global economic productivity losses from vision impairment and blindness. EClinicalMedicine. 2021 Apr 26;35:100852
Burton MJ, Ramke J, Marques AP, Bourne RRA, et al. The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health: vision beyond 2020. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Apr; 9(4):e489-e551

2020

GBD 2019 Diseases and Injuries Collaborators. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet. 2020 Oct 17;396(10258):1204-1222. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30925-9.
Tingling Xu 1, Bingsong Wang 2, Hua Liu 1, Haidong Wang 3, Peng Yin 1, Wenlan Dong 1, Jianhong Li 1, Ya Xing Wang 2, Mayinuer Yusufu 2, Paul Briant 3, Nickolas Reinig 3, Charlie Ashbaugh 3, Jaimie Adelson 3, Theo Vos 3, Rupert Bourne 4, Ningli Wang 2, Maigeng Zhou. Prevalence and causes of vision loss in China from 1990 to 2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Public Health 2020 Dec; 5(12):e682-e691.
Leveziel N, Marillet S, Braithwaite T, Peto T, Ingrand P, Pardhan S, Bron AM, Jonas JB, Resnikoff S, Little JA, Bourne RRA. Self-reported visual difficulties in Europe and related factors: a European population-based cross-sectional survey. Acta Ophthalmol. 2020 Oct 7. doi: 10.1111/aos.14643.

2019

Vision 2020: where are we? Bourne, Rupert R.A. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2019 Dec 31

Prevalence and causes of vision loss in East Asia in 2015: magnitude, temporal trends and projections. Cheng CY, Wang N, Wong TY, Congdon N, He M, Wang YX, Braithwaite T, Casson RJ, Cicinelli MV, Das A, Flaxman SR, Jonas JB, Keeffe JE, Kempen JH, Leasher J, Limburg H, Naidoo K, Pesudovs K, Resnikoff S, Silvester AJ, Tahhan N, Taylor HR, Bourne RRA; Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study. Br J Ophthalmol. 2019 Aug 28.

Prevalence and causes of blindness and vision impairment: magnitude, temporal trends and projections in South and Central Asia. Nangia V, Jonas JB, George R, Lingam V, Ellwein L, Cicinelli MV, Das A, Flaxman SR, Keeffe JE, Kempen JH, Leasher J, Limburg H, Naidoo K, Pesudovs K, Resnikoff S, Silvester AJ, Tahhan N, Taylor HR, Wong TY, Bourne RRA; Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study. Br J Ophthalmol. 2019 Jul;103(7):871-877

Looking Within Rather Than Between Countries to Understand the Risk Factors for Vision Impairment. Rupert R. A. Bourne, FRCOphth, MD; Jost B. Jonas, MD; Serge Resnikoff, MD, PhD. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2019;137(2):158-159.

2018

Prevalence and causes of vision loss in South-east Asia and Oceania in 2015: magnitude, temporal trends and projections. Keeffe JE, Casson RJ, Pesudovs K, Taylor HR, Cicinelli MV, Das A, Flaxman SR, Jonas JB, Kempen JH, Leasher J, Limburg H, Naidoo K, Silvester AJ, Stevens GA, Tahhan N, Wong TY, Resnikoff S, Bourne RRA. Br J Ophthalmol. 2018 Sep 12.

Prevalence and causes of vision loss in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2015: magnitude, temporal trends and projections. Leasher JL, Braithwaite T, Furtado JM, Flaxman SR, Lansingh VC, Silva JC, Resnikoff S, Taylor HR, Bourne RRA; Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study. Br J Ophthalmol. 2018 Sep 12.

Prevalence and causes of vision loss in North Africa and Middle East in 2015: magnitude, temporal trends and projections. Kahloun R, Khairallah M, Resnikoff S, Cicinelli MV, Flaxman SR, Das A, Jonas JB, Keeffe JE, Kempen JH, Leasher J, Limburg H, Naidoo K, Pesudovs K, Silvester AJ, Tahhan N, Taylor HR, Wong TY, Bourne RRA. Br J Ophthalmol. 2018 Sep 12.

Prevalence and causes of vision loss in high-income countries and in Eastern and Central Europe in 2015: magnitude, temporal trends and projections. Bourne RRA, Jonas JB, Bron AM, Cicinelli MV, Das A, Flaxman SR, Friedman DS, Keeffe JE, Kempen JH, Leasher J, Limburg H, Naidoo K, Pesudovs K, Peto T, Saadine J, Silvester AJ, Tahhan N, Taylor HR, Varma R, Wong TY, Resnikoff S; Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study. Br J Ophthalmol. 2018 May;102(5):575-585

2017

Global causes of blindness and distance vision impairment 1990-2020: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Flaxman SR, Bourne RRA, Resnikoff S, Ackland P, Braithwaite T, Cicinelli MV, Das A, Jonas JB, Keeffe J, Kempen JH, Leasher J, Limburg H, Naidoo K, Pesudovs K, Silvester A, Stevens GA, Tahhan N, Wong TY, Taylor HR; Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet Glob Health. 2017 Dec;5(12):e1221-e1234.

World blindness and visual impairment: despite many successes, the problem is growing. Ackland P, Resnikoff S, Bourne R. Community Eye Health Journal 2017;30(100):71-73.

Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. GBD 2016 DALYs and HALE Collaborators. Lancet. 2017 Sep 16;390(10100):1260-1344.

Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. GBD 2016 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators. Lancet. 2017 Sep 16;390(10100):1211-1259.

Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. GBD 2016 Causes of Death Collaborators. Lancet. 2017 Sep 16;390(10100):1151-1210.

Global, regional, and national under-5 mortality, adult mortality, age-specific mortality, and life expectancy, 1970-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. GBD 2016 Mortality Collaborators. Lancet. 2017 Sep 16;390(10100):1084-1150.

Burden of vision loss associated with eye disease in China 1990–2020: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Wang B1,2, Congdon N3,4,5, Bourne R6, Li Y7, Cao K1, Zhao A1, Yusufu M1, Dong W8, Zhou M8, Wang N1,2. Br J Ophthalmol. 2017 Jun 12.

Magnitude, temporal trends, and projections of the global prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Bourne RRA, Flaxman SR, Braithwaite T, Cicinelli MV, Das A, Jonas JB, Keeffe J, Kempen JH, Leasher J, Limburg H, Naidoo K, Pesudovs K, Resnikoff S, Silvester A, Stevens GA, Tahhan N, Wong TY, Taylor HR; Vision Loss Expert Group. Lancet Glob Health. 2017 Aug 2.

2016

Does blindness count? Disability weights for vision loss. Braithwaite T, Taylor H, Bourne R, Keeffe J, Pesudovs K. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2016 Nov 11.

Number of People Blind or Visually Impaired by Glaucoma Worldwide and in World Regions 1990 – 2010: A Meta-Analysis. Bourne RR, Taylor HR, Flaxman SR, Keeffe J, Leasher J, Naidoo K, Pesudovs K, White RA, Wong TY, Resnikoff S, Jonas JB; Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study. PLoS One. 2016 Oct 20;11(10):e0162229. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162229. eCollection 2016.

Global Vision Impairment and Blindness Due to Uncorrected Refractive Error, 1990-2010. Naidoo KS, Leasher J, Bourne RR, Flaxman SR, Jonas JB, Keeffe J, Limburg H, Pesudovs K, Price H, White RA, Wong TY, Taylor HR, Resnikoff S; Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study. Optom Vis Sci. 2016 Mar;93(3):227-34.

Global Estimates on the Number of People Blind or Visually Impaired by Diabetic Retinopathy: A meta-analysis from 1990-2010. Janet Leasher, Rupert R. A. Bourne, Seth R. Flaxman, Jost B. Jonas, Jill Keeffe, Kovin Naidoo, Konrad Pesudovs, Holly Price, Richard A. White, Tien Y. Wong, Serge Resnikoff, Hugh R. Taylor, on behalf of the Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study. Diabetes Care 2016: 39:1643-1649.

Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. GBD 2015 DALYs and HALE Collaborators. Lancet. 2016 Oct 8;388(10053):1603-1658

2015

Number of People Blind or Visually Impaired by Cataract Worldwide and in World Regions, 1990 to 2010. Khairallah M, Kahloun R, Bourne R, Limburg H, Flaxman SR, Jonas JB, Keeffe J, Leasher J, Naidoo K, Pesudovs K, Price H, White RA, Wong TY, Resnikoff S, Taylor HR; Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2015 Oct 1;56(11):6762-9.

Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Collaborators. Lancet. 2015 Aug 22;386(9995):743-800.

Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition. GBD 2013 DALYs and HALE Collaborators Lancet. 2015 Nov 28;386(10009):2145-91.

Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. GBD 2013 Risk Factors Collaborators. Lancet. 2015 Nov 28;386(10009):2145-91.

Changes in health in England, with analysis by English regions and areas of deprivation, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Newton JN, Briggs AD, Murray CJ et al. Lancet. 2015 Dec 5;386(10010):2257-74.

2014

Jonas JB, Bourne RR, White RA, Flaxman SR, Keeffe J, Leasher J, Naidoo K, Pesudovs K, Price H, Wong TY, Resnikoff S, Taylor HR, on behalf of the Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study. Visual impairment and blindness due to macular diseases globally: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Ophthalmol. 2014 Oct;158(4):808-15.

Bourne RR, Jonas JB, Flaxman SR, Keeffe J, Leasher J, Naidoo K, Parodi MB, Pesudovs K, Price H, White RA, Wong TY, Resnikoff S, Taylor HR; on behalf of the Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study. Prevalence and causes of vision loss in high-income countries and in Eastern and Central Europe: 1990-2010. Br J Ophthalmol. 2014 Mar 24.

Khairallah M, Kahloun R, Flaxman SR, Jonas JB, Keeffe J, Leasher J, Naidoo K, Pesudovs K, Price H, White RA, Wong TY, Resnikoff S, Taylor HR, Bourne RR; on behalf of the Vision Loss Expert Group. Prevalence and causes of vision loss in North Africa and the Middle East: 1990-2010. Br J Ophthalmol. 2014 Mar 3. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304068. [Epub ahead of print]

Naidoo K, Gichuhi S, Basáñez MG, Flaxman SR, Jonas JB, Keeffe J, Leasher JL, Pesudovs K, Price H, Smith JL, Turner HC, White RA, Wong TY, Resnikoff S, Taylor HR, Bourne RR; on behalf of the Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study. Prevalence and causes of vision loss in sub-Saharan Africa: 1990-2010. Br J Ophthalmol. 2014 Feb 25. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304081. [Epub ahead of print]

Leasher JL, Lansingh V, Flaxman SR, Jonas JB, Keeffe J, Naidoo K, Pesudovs K, Price H, Silva JC, White RA, Wong TY, Resnikoff S, Taylor HR, Bourne RR; on behalf of the Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study. Prevalence and causes of vision loss in Latin America and the Caribbean: 1990-2010. Br J Ophthalmol. 2014 Feb 11. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304013. [Epub ahead of print]

Jost B Jonas,1 Ronnie George,2 Rashima Asokan,3 Seth R Flaxman,4 Jill Keeffe, Janet Leasher,6 Kovin Naidoo,7 Konrad Pesudovs,8 Holly Price,9 Lingam Vijaya, Richard A White,10 Tien Y Wong,11 Serge Resnikoff,12 Hugh R Taylor, Rupert R A Bourne,9 on behalf of the Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burdenof Disease Study. Prevalence and causes of vision loss in Central and South Asia: 1990–2010. Br J Ophthalmol 2014. January.

Keeffe J, Taylor HR, Fotis K, Pesudovs K, Flaxman SR, Jonas JB, Leasher J, Naidoo K, Price H, White RA, Wong TY, Resnikoff S, Bourne RR; on behalf of the Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study. Prevalence and causes of vision loss in Southeast Asia and Oceania: 1990-2010. Br J Ophthalmol. 2014 Jan 9. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304050. [Epub ahead of print]

Wong TY, Zheng Y, Jonas JB, Flaxman SR, Keeffe J, Leasher J, Naidoo K, Pesudovs K, Price H, White RA, Resnikoff S, Taylor HR, Bourne RR; on behalf of the Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study. Prevalence and causes of vision loss in East Asia: 1990-2010. Br J Ophthalmol. 2014 Jan 3. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304047. [Epub ahead of print]

Hotez PJ, Alvarado M, Basáñez MG, Bolliger I, Bourne R, Boussinesq M, Brooker SJ, Brown AS, Buckle G, Budke CM, Carabin H, Coffeng LE, Fèvre EM, Fürst T, Halasa YA, Jasrasaria R, Johns NE, Keiser J, King CH, Lozano R, Murdoch ME, O’Hanlon S, Pion SD, Pullan RL, Ramaiah KD, Roberts T, Shepard DS, Smith JL, Stolk WA, Undurraga EA, Utzinger J, Wang M, Murray CJ, Naghavi M. The global burden of disease study 2010: interpretation and implications for the neglected tropical diseases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Jul 24;8(7):e2865. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002865. eCollection 2014 Jul.

2013

Rupert R A Bourne MD, Gretchen A Stevens D.Sc, Richard A White PhD, Jennifer L Smith MSc, Seth R Flaxman BA, Holly Price PhD, Jost B. Jonas MD, Jill Keeffe PhD, Janet Leasher OD, Kovin Naidoo PhD, Konrad Pesudovs PhD, Serge Resnikoff PhD, Hugh R Taylor MD. Causes of Global Vision Loss: 1990-2010. The Lancet Global Health 2013. E-Published 11 November 2013.

Gretchen A Stevens, Richard A White, Seth R Flaxman, Holly Price, Jost B. Jonas, Jill Keeffe, Janet Leasher, Kovin Naidoo, Konrad Pesudovs, Serge Resnikoff, Hugh Taylor, Rupert R A Bourne, on behalf of the Vision Loss Expert Group. Global Prevalence of Vision Impairment and Blindness: Magnitude and Temporal Trends, 1990-2010. Ophthalmology. 2013 Dec;120(12):2377-84.

Christopher J L Murray, Michael A Richards, John N Newton, Kevin A Fenton, H Ross Anderson, Charles Atkinson, Derrick Bennett, Eduardo Bernabé, Hannah Blencowe, Rupert Bourne, Tasanee Braithwaite, Carol Brayne, Nigel G Bruce, Traolach S Brugha, Peter Burney, Mukesh Dherani, Helen Dolk, Karen Edmond Majid Ezzati, Abraham D Flaxman, Tom D Fleming, Greg Freedman, David Gunnell, Roderick J Hay, Sally J Hutchings, Summer Lockett Ohno, Rafael Lozano, Ronan A Lyons, Wagner Marcenes, Mohsen Naghavi, Charles R Newton, Neil Pearce, Dan Pope, Lesley Rushton, Joshua A Salomon, Kenji Shibuya, Theo Vos, Haidong Wang, Hywel C Williams,Anthony D Woolf, Alan D Lopez, Adrian Davis. UK health performance: findings of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet 2013: March 5- E pub.

Lim SS, Vos T, Flaxman AD, et al. A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet. 2013 Dec 15;380(9859):2224-60.

Rupert Bourne, Holly Price, Hugh Taylor, et al. New Systematic Review Methodology for Visual Impairment and Blindness for the 2010 Global Burden of Disease Study. Ophth Epidemiol 2013;20(1):33-9.