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This report outlines how an ageing population, rising diabetes rates, and low awareness of retinal conditions in Asia Pacific are reshaping vision care, highlighting new opportunities to improve care through existing systems.
This report brings together findings from the Asia Pacific (APAC) Vision Health Survey, complemented by insights derived from publicly available research and evidence from leading global health institutions.
By integrating real-world experiences with global evidence, this report provides an overview of how an ageing population, rising diabetes prevalence, and limited awareness of retinal conditions in Asia Pacific are shaping the evolving landscape of vision care, revealing emerging opportunities to enhance care delivery in partnership with existing systems.
The APAC Vision Health Survey engaged 4,354 individuals aged 40 and above across eight key markets—including Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. Conducted online in multiple languages, the survey captured diverse perspectives on everyday challenges and opportunities related to vision care, reflecting both the personal and societal consequences of vision impairment.
The Summary guide on quality standards for spectacles simplifies global quality standards and provides practical guidance on best practices for dispensing spectacles.
The Competency-based refractive error teams (CRET) tool, developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), is a practical resource designed to support the delivery of high-quality, team-based refractive error services.
This handbook provides practical guidance to support the establishment of sensory screening programmes for school-age children.
This summary of Better Education in Sight provides an estimate of global learning and economic productivity losses from uncorrected refractive error in schools.
The IAPB School Eye Health Workgroup has released these guidelines to help deliver standardised comprehensive eye health services to more than 700 million children attending schools around the world.
Inclusiveness and Health Equity for Persons with Disabilities
The WHO Vision and eye screening implementation handbook (VESIH) offers a step-by-step guidance for conducting vision and eye screenings in community and primary care settings.
This key report sheds light on the often-overlooked supply-side barriers that prevent many in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) from obtaining affordable, quality glasses.
This report highlights the impact and success of the 2023 Love Your Eyes at Work campaign.
L’OCCITANE en Provence has always put people at the heart of its operation. For more than 20 years, it has been committed to Caring for Sight, supporting projects around the world that help prevent blindness.
The 2023 Annual Report of CBM's eye care work across its programmes. Inclusive, comprehensive and integrated- CBM's Eye Health Initiative reports on it latest work in eye health.
This guidance aims to facilitate the monitoring of both eye and ear care services through presenting a set of core facility indicators along with considerations for analysis and use of routine health information
