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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 ...
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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)
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 ...
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Oct 8, 2019 · 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.
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Nov 21, 2023 · 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.
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Oct 8, 2019 · The World report on vision is directed at ministries of health, development agencies, civil society organizations and researchers, practitioners and policy-makers from the field of eye care. It is hoped that by shaping the global agenda on vision, the report will assist Member States and their partners in their efforts to reduce the burden of ...
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Blindness can be avoided in eight out of 10 cases with appropriate treatment or early prevention. The vision of the Blindness Prevention and Control programme in the Western Pacific Region is "a world in which nobody is needlessly visually impaired, where those with unavoidable vision loss can achieve their full potential, and where there is universal access to comprehensive eye care services".
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Jan 11, 2022 · 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.
Nov 12, 2017 · River blindness: shifting from prevention to surveillance and elimination. The world is benefiting from years of painstaking work, mainly of villagers and volunteers, to eliminate river blindness (onchocerciasis), a parasitic infection transmitted by repeated bites of the black fly which breeds in fast-flowing waters.
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May 21, 2024 · Ocular syphilis can cause pain in the eye, blurry vision, sensitivity to light or blindness. Otosyphilis affects the person’s hearing and/or balance. Congenital syphilis. Untreated syphilis may lead to severe negative consequences, such as stillbirth, neonatal death, prematurity, low birth weight and life-long health problems to the infected ...
