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VISION 2020: The Right to Sight Global Initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness

VISION 2020: The Right to Sight Global Initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness. 1999 projections for Global Blindness due to demographic changes. 45 to 76 million (73% increase). 2000. 2010. 2020. Priority Disease Control. Cataract Refractive Errors and Low Vision.

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VISION 2020: The Right to Sight Global Initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness

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  1. VISION 2020: The Right to Sight Global Initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness

  2. 1999 projections for Global Blindness due to demographic changes 45 to 76 million (73% increase) 2000 2010 2020

  3. Priority Disease Control Cataract RefractiveErrors and Low Vision Trachoma Vitamin A Deficiency River blindness DiabeticRetinopathy Glaucoma AMD and otherdiseases FOCAL DISEASES MORE DIFFICULT... TREATABLE ?

  4. Number of people with blindness, with and without VISION 2020 Without VISION 2020 =100M fewer people with blindness With VISION 2020

  5. IAPB organisational structure

  6. IAPB strategic priorities • Advocacy • Resource Mobilisation • Communications • Programme Facilitation

  7. IAPB - Advocacy • WHO Medium Term Strategic Plan • Implementation of WHA Resolution • Inclusion in national and WHO country health plans and budgets • Contribution to MDGs

  8. IAPB - Communications • World Sight Day • Member & supporter communications - newsletters • Publications • Press & media • Industry & professional meetings

  9. IAPB - Resource Mobilisation • Foundations and Trusts • Corporations • Optometry Giving Sight • Eye Fund

  10. IAPB - Programme facilitation • National plans • Selected country focus • Regional priorities •  Disease focus •  Human resource development •  Infrastructure development

  11. One unit with 7 beds 1 ophthal-mologist The Gambia,1985 Little community work • Result: • 300 cataract ops per year • limited trachoma / vit. A def control

  12. Three units each with eye beds 2 ophthalmologists + 2 cataract surgeons The Gambia,1995 Health education Community health work • Result: • 1,800 cataract ops per year • Active trachoma / vit. A deficiency control

  13. The Gambia surveys, 1986 & 1996 Overall 40% decrease in prevalence

  14. Global Blindness

  15. Trends in causes of blindness

  16. Trends in causes of blindness

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