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Aug 10, 2023 · Globally, at least 2.2 billion people have a near or distance vision impairment. In at least 1 billion of these, vision impairment could have been prevented or is yet to be addressed. The leading causes of vision impairment and blindness at a global level are refractive errors and cataracts. It is estimated that globally only 36% of people with ...
Vision impairment and blindness impact the life of people everywhere. In low- and middle-income settings the burden of vision impairment can be even greater due to fewer opportunities to access the most essential eye care services. Cataracts and uncorrected refractive errors are estimated to be the leading causes of vision impairment; however ...
Oct 8, 2019 · Eye health, vision impairment and blindness. In the Western Pacific Region, over 90 million people experience visual impairment, including 10 million that are blind. Blindness can be avoided in 8 out of 10 cases with appropriate treatment or early prevention. Eye health can be promoted through the integration of comprehensive eye-care services ...
Oct 8, 2019 · Русский. Español. 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. The report, launched ahead of World Sight Day on ...
Oct 8, 2019 · 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. The World ...
Jan 11, 2022 · Onchocerciasis – or “river blindness” – is a parasitic disease caused by the filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus transmitted by repeated bites of infected blackflies (Simulium spp.). These blackflies breed along fast-flowing rivers and streams, close to remote villages located near fertile land where people rely on agriculture.
Aug 21, 2024 · WHO launches new initiative to tackle the main cause of vision impairment 14 May 2024
The work of WHO’s Eye care, vision impairment and blindness programme is guided by World Health Assembly resolution WHA73.4 Integrated, people-centred eye care and the recommendations of the WHO World report on vision (2019). The strategic recommendations and technical tools provided by WHO aim to assist Member States and their partners in reducing the burden of eye conditions and vision impairment while working towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically SDG ...
Deficiency of vitamin A is associated with significant morbidity and mortality from common childhood infections, and is the world’s leading preventable cause of childhood blindness. Vitamin A deficiency also contributes to maternal mortality and other poor outcomes of pregnancy and lactation. It also diminishes the ability to fight infections.
Onchocerciasis is caused by infection with a filarial nematode (Onchocerca volvulus) transmitted by infected blackflies (Simulium spp.) that breed in fast-flowing rivers and streams. The adult worms produce embryonic larvae (microfilariae) that migrate to the skin, eyes and other organs. Although most onchocerciasis occurs in sub-Saharan Africa ...
