Eye care, vision impairment and blindness - World Health Organization (WHO) 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)
WHO launches first World report on vision Low- and middle-income regions of western and eastern sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia have rates of blindness that are eight times higher than in all high-income countries Rates of cataract and trachomatous trichiasis are higher among women, particularly in low- and middle-income countries
Onchocerciasis (river blindness) - World Health Organization (WHO) 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
Eye health, vision impairment and blindness - World Health Organization . . . Vision impairment that cannot be corrected or reversed requires rehabilitation measures, including low vision aids and assistive technologies For those living with blindness, braille reading, counselling, home skills training, mobility training with white canes, and digital assistive technologies can ensure free, independent, and safe mobility
Onchocerciasis - World Health Organization (WHO) Onchocerciasis – or “river blindness” – is a parasitic disease caused by the filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus It is transmitted through the bites of infected blackflies (Simulium spp ) that breed in fast-flowing rivers and streams, mostly in remote villages located near fertile land where people rely on agriculture
World report on vision - World Health Organization (WHO) Institute, CBM, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, Light for the World, Lions Club International Foundation and Organisation pour la Prevention de la cecité
Eye care, vision impairment and blindness programme 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
Cécité et déficience visuelle - World Health Organization (WHO) (1) GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment Collaborators; Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study