Cataract and “Vision 2020—the right to sight” initiative

Cataract and "Vision 2020-the right to sight" initiative.

Vision 2020: The Right to Sight

Ocular growth is essential to the understanding of the development of refractive errors (RE). ÔThe eye is approximately 17 mm long at birth. From birth to age 6, the eye will grow by around 5 mm, will lose 4 dioptres of corneal power and 20 dioptres of lens power. In the general population, there is a preponderance of emmetropes and the prevalence of ‘acquired’ myopia is only 2% by the age of 6...

Vision 2020: the meaning and the spirit of the right to sight initiative.

VISION 2020: The Right to Sight, the global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness, has become the fulcrum of all programs for control of blindness worldwide. Just like the five blind men who perceived an elephant differently, policy makers, program planners, eye care professionals and the general population (the main stake holder) have different interpretations for what VISION 2...

VISION 2020: The Right to Sight: a global initiative to eliminate avoidable blindness.

A n estimated 45 million people around the world are blind. 1 Most of them have lost their sight to diseases that are treatable or preventable. Eighty percent of them live in the lesser-developed world in countries where chronic economic deprivation is exacerbated by the added challenge of failing vision. Without intervention, the number of individuals with blindness might reach 76 million by 2...

Vision 2020--the Right to Sight.

The unprecedented partnership for onchocerciasis control that followed Merck's decision to donate Mectizan has inspired the formation of a global initiative for the elimination of all avoidable blindness by the year 2020. 'Vision 2020, the Right to Sight', jointly co-ordinated by the World Health Organization's Programme for the Prevention of Blindness and Deafness and the International Agency ...