WORLD SIGHT DAY

It was originally initiated by the “Sight-First-Campaign” of Lions Club International Foundation in 2000.

It has been unified into VISION 2020 and is created by IAPB (International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness.) in cooperation with the World Health Organization.

The theme for World Sight Day 2016 - to be held on October 13, 2016 - is "Stronger Together".

World Sight Day is a special annual day of awareness that is celebrated around the world each year in order to focus on blindness and vision impairment.

This day was created by the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the

A large number of organizations around the world have been involved with World Sight Day for many years.

Approximately 285 million people worldwide live with low vision and blindness.

Of these, 39 million people are blind and 246 million have moderate or severe visual impairment.

90% of blind people live in under-developed or low-income countries.

Yet 80% of visual impairment is avoidable - i.e. readily treatable and/or preventable

Restorations of sight and blindness prevention strategies are among the most cost-effective interventions in healthcare

The number of people blind from infectious causes has greatly reduced in the past 20 years.

An estimated 19 million children are visually impaired

About 65 % of all people who are visually impaired are aged 50 and older, while this age group comprises only 20% of the world's population.

Increasing elderly populations in many countries mean that more people will be at risk of age-related visual impairment.

Awareness is spread through a large number of different events.

Some people choose to show their support by planting trees, while other people get involved by submitting a photograph that will be used to create an international photograph montage focusing on the theme of blindness.

Other activities that take place on this day include special fund raising walks to help cover the costs of operations, book readings for the blind and a number of booklets and posters that are created in order to raise awareness of the issue.

 

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