World Health Organization : Year 1997 ; World Health Organization, Prevention of Blindness, No. 97.61: Global Initiative for the Elimination of Amidable Blindness

By World Health Organization

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Title:	World Health Organization : Year 1997 ; World Health Organization, Prevention of Blindness, No. 97.61: Global Initiative for the Elimination of Amidable Blindness
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
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Description
Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
This document has been produced following consultations held in Ceneva during 1996 and 1997, convened by the WHO Programme for the Prevention of Blindness and Deafness (PBD) at the request of, and with support from, the Task Force of the Partnership Committee of Nongovernrnental Developrnent Organizations. . The purpose of these meetings was to initiate the developrnent of a global plan to enable al1 parties and individuals involved in combating blindness to work in a focused and coordinated way to achieve the cornrnon goal of elirninating al1 avoidable blindness

Table of Contents
CONTENTS Page Section 1 Overview of tlne pxesent global blindness situation and future trends 1.1 Present magnitude and major causes of visual impairment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.2 Trends and future projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.3 Benefits and costs of blindness prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.4 Why a 25-year global plan? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.5 Mobilization of resources . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.6 Interaction and coordination between interested parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Section 2 ~ u t l i n çof main activities within a Glohal Initiative for the Elimination of Avoidable Blindness Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ! 2.1 Control of major causes of blindness Cataract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8. . 1 lrachoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Onchocerciasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Childhoodblindness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.7. Vitamin A deficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Surgically avoidable causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 1 Refractive errors and low vision . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20