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Bookmark or Share- Blindness and vision impairment - World Health Organization (WHO)Vision impairment poses an enormous global financial burden with an estimate annual global productivity loss of about US$ 411 billion purchasing power parity (3). This figure far outweighs the estimated cost gap of addressing the unmet need of vision impairment ( estimated at about US$ 25 billion ).
- World report on vision - World Health Organization (WHO)At present at least 2.2 billion people around the world have a vision impairment, of whom at least 1 billion have a vision impairment that could have been prevented or is yet to be addressed. The world faces considerable challenges in terms of eye care, including inequalities in the coverage and quality of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation services; a shortage of trained eye care ...
- WHO launches first World report on vision - World Health Organization (WHO)More than 1 billion people worldwide are living with vision impairment because they do not get the care they need for conditions like short and far sightedness, glaucoma and cataract, according to the first World report on vision issued by the World Health Organization.
- Eye care, vision impairment and blindness: Refractive errorsFor example, the correction of myopia with spectacles can return US$ 10.50 for every US$ 1.00 spent, while school eye health programmes can have a reported benefit cost ratio as high as 26.4 in some settings. For presbyopia, the near vision correction can increase average median income of people in low-income communities by over 30%.
- Eye health, vision impairment and blindness - World Health Organization ...Vision impairment that cannot be corrected or reversed requires rehabilitation measures, including low vision aids and assistive technologies. For those living with blindness, braille reading, counselling, home skills training, mobility training with white canes, and digital assistive technologies can ensure free, independent, and safe mobility.
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