The World Health Organization (WHO) released its first World Vision Report this week, proposing ways to address challenges such as integrating eye care into healthcare systems. The report found that globally, over 2.2 billion people have a vision impairment. In a telling finding, the report said that out of these 2.2 billion, 1 billion people are suffering from conditions that are preventable, or unaddressed. AdvertisingThe report estimated that over 11.9 million globally have conditions such as glaucoma, trachoma and diabetic retinopathy, which could have been prevented. In India the rate of cataract surgery has increased nine-fold (6,000 per million population) between 1981 and 2012.

Source: Indian Express October 11, 2019 19:07 UTC