It’s been an incredible few months for the IAPB Vision Atlas since we re-launched it on World Sight Day 2017. In the last weeks of December, we also managed to publish and ship physical copies of the Vision Atlas to IAPB members. You should all have received copies, and the response has been very positive–some…
On World Sight Day, eye care organisations around the world take note of new data that shows that global eye care efforts are at serious risk of being overwhelmed—unless we act now. New data published in the Lancet Global Health shows that decades of declining “avoidable blindness”—those with uncorrected refractive errors and cataract—is plateauing, and…
The IAPB Vision Atlas will be revised with the latest data and projections on World Sight Day this year (12 October 2017). The updated Atlas will include the latest blindness and visual impairment prevalence data (2015) along with the main causes. The prevalence data will go back to 1990 and will also include projections to…
On World Sight Day 2017, IAPB and member organisations will announce the latest global data on blindness and vision loss as compiled in the IAPB Vision Atlas. On Thursday, 21st September the IAPB will publish a media pack including: Headline facts and figures from the latest Vision Atlas Key messages for national media Suggestions…
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