World Sight Day 2009 Banner
World Sight Day (WSD) is an international day of awareness to focus attention on the global issue of avoidable blindness and visual impairment.
- Nearly two-thirds of blind people worldwide are women & girls
- In many places, men have twice the access to eye care as women
- Equal access to eye care could substantially reduce blindness in poor countries
Don’t forget:
- 80% of blindness is avoidable – either treatable, curable or preventable
- 90% of blind people live in low-income countries
- Cataract is the leading cause of blindness – yet it is curable by a simple, cost-effective operation
- 8 million people worldwide are blind due to uncorrected refractive errors. A simple sight test and glasses could restore sight to most of these people
