Poor vision on the rise among children

The share of elementary-school students with poor vision has grown over the past two academic years after an eight-year decline, the Ministry of Health and Welfare has said.
Ministry data showed that 44.6 percent of elementary-school students last year had poor vision, defined as having visual acuity below 0.9 in at least one eye.
The share was 44.35 percent in the 2019-2020 academic year, which ended a decline since 2011-2012, when 50.01 percent of elementary-school students had poor vision.
Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital ophthalmologist Wu Pei-chang (吳佩昌), who leads the school children’s vision health program at the Health Promotion Administration (HPA) and

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