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Silvio P Mariotti
Researcher at World Health Organization
Publications - 33
Citations - 9625
Silvio P Mariotti is an academic researcher from World Health Organization. The author has contributed to research in topics: Trachoma & Population. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 28 publications receiving 8754 citations.
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Global data on visual impairment in the year 2002
Serge Resnikoff,Donatella Pascolini,Daniel Etya'ale,Ivo Kocur,Ramachandra Pararajasegaram,Gopal P. Pokharel,Silvio P Mariotti +6 more
TL;DR: Estimates from data on low vision and blindness as defined in the International statistical classification of diseases, injuries and causes of death, 10th revision show cataract remains the leading cause of visual impairment in all regions of the world, except in the most developed countries.
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Global estimates of visual impairment: 2010.
TL;DR: It is indicated that visual impairment in 2010 is a major health issue that is unequally distributed among the WHO regions; the preventable causes are as high as 80% of the total global burden.
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Global magnitude of visual impairment caused by uncorrected refractive errors in 2004.
TL;DR: The results presented in this paper help to unearth a formerly hidden problem of public health dimensions and promote policy development and implementation, programmatic decision-making and corrective interventions, as well as stimulate research.
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2002 global update of available data on visual impairment: a compilation of population-based prevalence studies.
Donatella Pascolini,Silvio P Mariotti,Gopal P. Pokharel,Ramachandra Pararajasegaram,Daniel Etya'ale,A.-D. Négrel,Serge Resnikoff +6 more
TL;DR: Two-hundred-and-eight population-based studies onVisual impairment for 68 countries are reported in detail, providing an up-to-date, comprehensive compilation of the available information on visual impairment and its causes globally.
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Trachoma: global magnitude of a preventable cause of blindness
TL;DR: The current estimate of prevalence of trachoma is lower than the previous WHO estimates and can be explained by the success in implementing control strategy, by more accurate data, as well as by socio-economic development in endemic countries.