2023年8月10日 · Vision loss can affect people of all ages; however, most people with vision impairment and blindness are over the age of 50 years. Overview Vision, the most dominant of our senses, plays a critical role in every facet and stage of our lives.

2024年7月15日 · Integrated people-centred eye care, including preventable vision impairment and blindness (WHA74.12) Integrated people-centred eye care, including preventable vision impairment and blindness (WHA73.4) Towards universal eye health: a global action plan 2014–2019 (WHA66.4) Prevention of avoidable blindness and visual impairment (WHA62.1)

2003年9月10日 · But 80% of visual impairment can be avoided or cured Today, World Sight Day, VISION 2020 is giving governments around the world tools to help prevent and treat millions of cases of blindness. Globally, an estimated 40 to 45 million people are blind and 135 million have low vision. But 80 per cent of visual loss can be prevented or cured, say the World Health Organization (WHO) and the ...

2019年8月10日 · 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.

Integrated people-centred eye care Integrated people-centred eye care can help address the significant eye care challenges that many countries face. IPCEC adopts a health-system perspective with four strategies: (i) engaging and empowering people and communities; (ii) reorienting the model of care based on a

2022年12月2日 · To advance health equity for deafblind people, there is a need for models of care which are inclusive and people-centred, and consider the provision of care from the user perspective. In this article, a person who is deafblind describes his experience with health care and the “invisibility” that the community face.

2012年10月11日 · Of those, 10 million blind people and 79 million with poor vision live in the Western Pacific Region. The leading cause of blindness in the world and in the Western Pacific Region is cataract – a clouding of the lens, a natural process that usually comes with age. However, in developed countries, almost no one goes blind from it.

2024年2月2日 · It is estimated that by 2050 over 700 million people – or 1 in every 10 people – will have disabling hearing loss. Disabling hearing loss refers to hearing loss greater than 35 decibels (dB) in the better hearing ear. Nearly 80% of people with disabling hearing loss live in low- and middle-income countries.

2024年1月2日 · Most people who use assistive technology use more than one product, making integrated services important. Globally, more than 2.5 billion people need one or more assistive products. With an ageing global population and a rise in noncommunicable diseases, an estimated 3.5 billion people will need assistive technology by 2050.

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