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Effective Coverage of Eye Care: Global Targets for 2030

Effective refractive error coverage (eREC) and effective cataract surgical coverage (eCSC) are the two new ambitious global targets for 2030.

On World Sight Day 2022, the WHO launched the Report of the 2030 Targets on Effective Coverage of Eye Care. There were two additional publications in The Lancet Global Health providing additional analysis and data.

These publications are significant in that they present the first set of reference estimates of effective refractive error coverage and effective cataract surgical coverage – the two new ambitious global targets for 2030.

What are eREC and eCSC?

We unpack what eCSC and eREC are in this short video.

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