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Revista Cubana de Oftalmología

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SERPA VALDES, Mayelín et al. Blindness and low vision in Cuba and in the world. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 2023, vol.36, n.1  Epub 15-Mayo-2023. ISSN 1561-3070.

Visual disability directly affects people's quality of life; it is an obstacle to learning and lower work productivity, so it can be considered a public health problem in many regions of the planet. Where the great limitations in access to health care, the different eating habits and life in general create clear differences in the causes of it. Therefore, the fight against visual impairment is an important factor in reducing global poverty. An extensive and updated bibliographic search was carried out in databases offered by the internet, Infomed as well as Hinari Pubmed and academic Google as well as the official pages of the World Health Organization (WHO), also using basic texts of ophthalmology, low vision and rehabilitation. It is concluded that blindness and severe visual impairment have a significant impact on the socioeconomic development of the individual and society.

Palabras clave : blindness; low vision; visual impairment; OMS.

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