Prevalence and causes of blindness and vision impairment among people 50 years and older in Nepal: A national Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness survey

• Sailesh Kumar Mishra,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Ranjan Shah,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh, Kathmandu, Nepal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4855-8751

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• Parikshit Gogate ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: parikshitgogate@hotmail.com

  Affiliations Community Eye Care Foundation, Dr. Gogate’s Eye Clinic, Pune, India, Department of Ophthalmology, D. Y. Patil Medical College, Pimpri, Pune, India, School of Health Sciences, Queens University, Belfast, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7008-5463

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• Yuddha Dhoj Sapkota,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation International Agency for Prevention of Blindness, South East Asia Office, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Reeta Gurung,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Tilganga Eye Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Mohan Krishna Shrestha,

  Roles Project administration

  Affiliation Tilganga Eye Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4592-6715

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• Islay Mactaggart,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Ian McCormick,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6050-787X

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• Brish Bahadur Shahi,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Ministry of Social Development, Birendranagar, Karnali Province, Nepal

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• Rajiv Khandekar,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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• Matthew Burton

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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