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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 service providers; and poor integration of eye care services into health systems, among others. TheWorld report on visionaims to address these challenges and galvanize action.
Produced at the request of Member States during a side event to the 70th World Health Assembly, and with the support of experts from around the world, the report provides evidence on the magnitude of eye conditions and vision impairment globally, draws attention to effective strategies to address eye care, and offers recommendations for action to improve eye care services worldwide. The key proposal of the report is for all countries to provide integrated people-centred eye care services which will ensure that people receive a continuum of eye care based on their individual needs throughout their lives.
TheWorld report on visionis directed at ministries of health, development agencies, civil society organizations and researchers, practitioners and policy-makers from the field of eye care. It is hoped that by shaping the global agenda on vision, the report will assist Member States and their partners in their efforts to reduce the burden of eye conditions and vision loss and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG target 3.8 on universal health coverage.
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Eye conditions are remarkably commonand many eye conditions can lead to visionimpairment, including blindness. Those who live long enough will experience at least one eye condition during their lifetime.Globally, at least 2.2 billion people have a vision impairment. In at least 1 billion or almost half of these cases, vision impairment could have been prevented or has yet to be addressed.
The work of WHOs Eye care, vision impairment and blindness programmeis guided byWorld Health Assemblyresolution WHA73.4 Integrated, people-centred eye careand the recommendations of theWHO World report on vision (2019). The strategic recommendations and technical tools provided by WHO aimto assistMember States and their partnersinreducing the burden of eye conditions and vision impairment while working towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically SDG target 3.8 on universal health coverage.
The two main causes of vision impairment are unoperated cataract and uncorrected refractive error. Given the large unmet need for cataract surgery and refractive error care, coupled with the fact that highly cost-effective interventions existfor these conditions, two new global targets on effective coverage of eye care for 2030were endorsed at the World Health Assembly in 2021. Thesetargets aim to improve eye health coverage while ensuring quality care.
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