2023年8月10日 · Health topic page. WHO’s work on eye care, vision impairment and blindness (who.int) Related links. Report of the 2030 targets on effective coverage of eye care (who.int)

2024年7月15日 · Eye conditions that can be targeted effectively with preventive strategies include congenital and acquired eye conditions, myopia, ocular trauma, and ocular infections and inflammations.

2019年10月8日 · 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 …

2019年8月10日 · The report, launched ahead of World Sight Day on 10 October, found that ageing populations, changing lifestyles and limited access to eye care, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, are among the main drivers of the rising numbers of people living with vision impairment.

2016年10月27日 · Overview This report documents the findings of a situational analysis of current services and programmes for age-related visual impairment in the Philippines, undertaken by the Philippine Eye Research Institute (PERI) of the National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines, Manila, on the request of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office …

2023年3月8日 · Globally, at least 2.2 billion people have a near or distance vision impairment. In at least 1 billion of these cases, vision impairment could have been prevented or is yet to be addressed.

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2024年10月21日 · Key facts. Trachoma is a disease of the eye caused by infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.; It is a public health problem in 38 countries and is responsible for the blindness or visual impairment of about 1.9 million people.

WHO launches new initiative to tackle the main cause of vision impairment

Visual acuity is the most common assessment of visual function. It is a simple, non-invasive measure and critical to determine the presence of vision impairment.