Regional variations and temporal trends of childhood myopia prevalence in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Emmanuel Kobia-AcquahDaniel Ian FlitcroftPrince Kwaku AkowuahGareth LinghamJames J LoughmanPublished in: Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) (2022)
Childhood myopia prevalence has approximately doubled since 2010, with a further threefold increase predicted by 2050. Given this trajectory and the specific public health challenges in Africa, it is imperative to implement basic myopia prevention programmes, enhance spectacle coverage and ophthalmic services and generate more data to understand the changing myopia epidemiology to mitigate the expanding risk of the African population.