00977nas a2200181   4500000000100000008004100001653001300042653001300055653001500068653001500083653001300098100001400111245006100125856009100186300000800277490000700285520050300292       2016                            d10aTrachoma10aInequity10aInequality10aEye health10aEye care1 aTrimmel J00aEveryone matters: Inequality and inequity in eye health.  uhttp://www.cehjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/Inequality-and-inequity-in-eye-health.pdf  a1-30 v293 a<p>According to the 2010 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, the global prevalence of blindness (age-standardised) has declined from 0.60% in 1990 to 0.47% in 2010. This seems to indicate that an increasing number of people have access to good eye health services. However, this improvement is not equally distributed within and across nations. The GBD study also showed that 60% of blindness worldwide is among women, underlining that gender equity in eye health has not yet been achieved.</p>