Sight loss is calculated to cost the global economy $411bn in productivity each year.
The theme was launched on July 6 to mark 100 days until World Sight Day on Oct. 14.
The targets address the leading causes of blindness and vision impairment: cataract and refractive error.
'The CAWG will continue its efforts to bring awareness to the eye health sector and support stakeholders to take steps to become more environmentally sustainable.'
President of the UN General Assembly addresses important event giving new evidence to the link between eye health and achieving the SDGs.
They launch free digital children’s book and host online bedtime stories event.
They will collaborate to bring greater awareness to the growing prevalence and severity of myopia in children.
IAPD is offering a variety of resources. The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness describes World Sight Day (Oct. 12, 2017) as “a day to...
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