Vision 2020 the right to sight视觉2020享有看见的权利”.pptVIP

“Vision 2020: The right to sight” Dr.Rajesh Babu B MS, FMRF, MSc (CEH) ICEH,LSHTM UK Consultant Uveitis Ocular Immunology Ocular Epidemiology Community Eye Health Narayana Nethralaya , Bangalore “Vision 2020: The right to sight” An estimated 45 million people worldwide are blind. Every year, an additional 1-2 million persons go blind. More than two-thirds of this blindness is treatable and preventable. A majority of the blind live in the poorest section of the developing world. Without proper interventions the number of blind will increase to 75 million by 2020. Restoration of sight is one of the most cost-effective interventions in health care. Introduction The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness have developed a global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness by the year 2020; Vision 2020: the right to sight. “Vision 2020: The right to sight” Ministries of Health International NGOs IAPB,UK Sightsavers international,UK CBM, Germany ORBIS,USA OEU,Canada Established 20 years ago, the MECTIZAN Donation Program is the single largest, longest standing public/private partnership of its kind and is widely regarded as one of the most successful public-private health collaborations in the world. Under the VISION 2020 programme Carl Zeiss will be major supporter for the establishment of five training centres within the next five years. The funds will be used for training staff and equipping the centre. Seeing is Believing? programme has contributed substantially to the global VISION 2020 initiative, combining awareness-creating, volunteering as well as millions of dollars in fundraising support.? Major corporate members “Vision 2020: The right to sight” The name is suggestive both of the goal, the prevention of avoidable vision loss and blindness by the year 2020 and the notion of good vision, 20/20 (6/6) vision as the target. Five key areas for action Cataract, Trachoma, Onchocerciasis,