RAAB is a well-established population-based eye health survey. It assesses the prevalence and causes of vision impairment and blindness among people aged 50 years and older, as well as reporting priority eye care service indicators. It provides locally-relevant data and is used by both governments and non-governmental eye health service providers at national and sub-national levels...
Supporting evidence-based eye care planning, service monitoring and evaluation, RAAB is an important tool in achieving the global eye health priorities set out by the World Health Organization's World Report on Vision, and the recommendations of the recent Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health...
The Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness is a population-based survey to support eye care planning, service monitoring and evaluation.
Also known as: Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness