Lifelong eye health: “Vision 2020: the right to sight”

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 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 ...

vision 2020: the right to sight in 7 years?

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VISION 2020: The Right to Sight in 7 Years?

We applaud the authors and editors of this second issue of the Medical Hypothesis, Discovery, and Innovation Ophthalmology Journal in 2013 for presenting new research and innovative ideas on the vast array of issues and diseases related to ocular health. In its scope as a peer-reviewed journal, it covers articles and studies from leading causes of preventable blindness to promising advanced med...

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