after the darkest hour comes the rising sun
Ten years ago the World Health Organization (WHO) together with international NGOs and professional societies in the eye care field launched the initiative ‘VISION 2020 – The Right to Sight’. Its ambitious objective: To eliminate avoidable blindness by the year 2020. 2010 marked the halfway point of this global initiative and was a time to take stock of achievements made and the task still ahead.
OUR PARTNER: LIGHT FOR THE WORLD is engaged in National Blindness Prevention Programs in Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, DR Congo, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Sudan, Northeast India and Pakistan and will continue to work towards the goal of eliminating avoidable blindness by 2020. At the halfway point of the global VISION 2020 initiative, WHO published encouraging figures: blindness globally has decreased significantly from 45 to 39 million. Click here to learn more about Light for the world:
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