1. Researchers outlined three strategic priorities to combat the rising global burden of myopia: redefining myopia as a disease, intensifying efforts to prevent high myopia, and developing diagnostics and treatments for pathologic myopia.
2. Concerns with high myopia include staphyloma in one-third of adults with high myopia and elevation of risk for myopic macular degeneration with each 1 mm increase in axial length.
3. Recommended strategies for preventing high myopia include increasing daily outdoor time, implementing school-based screening and referral programs, and educating parents and schools on early detection and eye health responsibility.
4. Pathologic myopia often leads to irreversible visual impairment.
5. The myopia pandemic is driven by advances in technology and associated behavioral changes, such as excessive screen time, and a unified, yet personalized approach is considered crucial.

Source: British Journal of Ophthalmology