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First UN resolution to tackle preventable sight loss passes

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine The resolution calls for eye care to be included in UN’s Sustainable Development Goals The International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH) based at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine joins the eye health community in celebrating the passing of the first United Nations resolution on preventable sight loss. All 193 countries of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) unanimously adopted the resolution today, which sets eye health goals for members to achieve by 2030. The resolution follows the publication of the Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health in February 2021, which highlighted that there are 1.1 billion people living with preventable sight loss worldwide. It also showed that improving eye health is essential to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development goals (SDGs). This latest resolution recognises the effect of reduced eye health on many of the major SDGs, including those pertaining to poverty, e

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First United Nations resolution to tackle preventable sight loss passes

First United Nations resolution to tackle preventable sight loss passes
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Botswana urged to improve eyecare | Sunday Standard

19th April 2021 The Lancet medical journal says there is need for Botswana to strengthen research on eye health. The Lancet which is among the world’s oldest and best-known general medical journals states that Botswana has only conducted less than 50 primary research studies on vision and eye health between 2000 and 2019. Although Botswana joins 20 other African countries with the lowest research studies on eye health globally, Lancet medical journal says eye health and vision have widespread and profound implications for many aspects of life, health, sustainable development, and the economy. “More standardised data need to be collected from diverse settings and repeated over time. Our review revealed that data are particularly scarce from

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Study shows that mortality is associated with vision impairment

Updated Mar 08, 2021 | 10:53 IST The global population is ageing, and so are their eyes. In fact, the number of people with vision impairment and blindness is expected to more than double over the next 30 years. Study shows that mortality is associated with vision impairment | Photo Credit: Pixabay Washington: Researchers recently during a meta-analysis found that blindness and impairment of vision are closely associated with increased mortality risk. This has prompted a need to address global eye health disparities. The global population is ageing, and so are their eyes. In fact, the number of people with vision impairment and blindness is expected to more than double over the next 30 years.

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People with vision impairment have higher risk of all-cause mortality

People with vision impairment have higher risk of all-cause mortality
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