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In 1995, the main causes of blindness were found to be cataract and refractive error, which occur across all populations and for which there are clear methods of treatment.Data in 2002 estimated the global blindness had increased to 45 million with 269 million with low vision. It highlighted that immediate action was required. This projection was based on existing service levels and on anticipated population growth and ageing across the world. In the mid 1990s it was projected that the magnitude of global blindness would increase from 38 million in 1990 to 76 million by 2020.Understand the concept, and priorities, of VISION 2020Īssess the actions taken to date and their impact Know the brief history behind VISION 2020: the right to sight By the end of the presentation you should be able to: In this presentation we are going to look at how programmes have been implemented in order to address the growing burden of visual impairment.Open Educational Resources for eye care on our website at We encourage the use andĪdaptation of this resource for teaching and learning. Taken from the free online course: Global Blindness: PlanningĪnd Managing Eye Care Services. This work is licensed under aĬreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 © 2016 International Centre for Eye Health, London School of

Global Blindness: Planning and managing eye care services.Global Blindness: VISION 2020: The right to sight Find more Open Educational Resources for eye care on our website at We encourage the use and adaptation of this resource for teaching and learning. Taken from the free online course: Global Blindness: Planning and Managing Eye Care Services. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.

© 2016 International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. In this presentation we look at how programmes have been implemented in order to address the growing burden of visual impairment and introduce VISION 2020: The Right to Sight, the global initiative to end avoidable blindness.

This projection was based on service levels available at the time and the anticipated population growth and ageing across the world. In the mid 1990s it was projected that the magnitude of global blindness would double, from 38 million in 1990 to 76 million by 2020.