Issues of pathogenesis and prevention of myopia (literature review)

The article presents modern views on the problem of prevalence and prevention caused by myopia. The relevance of this problem is associated with its extreme prevalence by 2020, from 1.8 to 2.5 billion people suffer from it and the severity of complications leading to decreased visual acuity and blindness.  Prevention  issues  are  complicated  by  the  polyetiology  of  this  pathology.  There  is  no doubt  about  the  urgency  of  conducting  a  study  that  reveals  the  prevalence  of  the  disease  in  the Republic.