World Sight Day
Eye health involves establishing educational initiatives to prevent eye conditions to preserve the visual system, as well as providing access to interventions to treat the main causes of vision disorders.
In Latin America and the Caribbean, nearly 78 million people live with vision loss, 3.7 million are blind, and 24.5 million have moderate to severe visual impairment..
On October 9th, World Sight Day, PAHO highlights the importance of early detection and treatment to prevent avoidable blindness.
Browsing the DeCS hierarchies reveals many descriptors related to Eye Health, such as:
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Virtual launch of SPECS 2030
WHOeyes app for checking visual acuity
Category: Day Observances
