Building on the achievements of Vision 2020, the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) has released a new 10-year strategy: 2030 In Sight: Ending Avoidable Sight Loss.
The plan builds on the great work already done, while recognising there is still much more to do, said IAPB’s chief executive Peter Holland. “We will have to do things differently to make sure eye health receives the global, political, health and development priority it needs and deserves… together we need to elevate this issue among decision makers, integrate eye health into Universal Health Care and activate demand for eyecare services so no one is left behind.”
The IAPB has outlined a 2030 world without preventable sight loss so everyone can achieve their full potential; where eyecare and rehabilitation services are accessible, inclusive and affordable to everyone, everywhere, whenever they are needed; and where people understand the importance of caring for their own eye health and demand access to services, free from the weight of any social stigma.
To achieve these objectives, the IAPB said it will need to embed vision as a fundamental, economic, social and developmental issue, incorporate eye health in wider healthcare systems and drive consumer and market change.
