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Glasses, cataract surgeries best for eye care Updated: Updated: General healthcare workers should be trained in eye care: report Share Article General healthcare workers should be trained in eye care: report Cataract surgeries and dispensing glasses for people suffering from moderate to severe vision loss, accounting for more than 90% unmet eye needs, are cost-effective solutions for countries to improve the health and economic outlook for achieving universal health coverage and the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A Global Eye Health Commission report, published in ‘The Lancet Global Health Journal’ earlier this week, has called for eye health to be within the primary healthcare and that the general healthcare workers should be trained in eye care because 1.1 billion are living with untreated vision impairment in 2020 and it is expected to grow to 1.8 billion by 2050, of which 108 million will be living in South Asia.

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