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World Health Assembly and Executive Board resolutions

Draft action plan for the prevention of avoidable blindness and visual impairment 2014–2019| Arabic [pdf 190kb] | French [pdf 160kb]

Resolution WHA66.4: Towards universal eye health: a global action plan 2014–2019 | Arabic [pdf 44kb ] | French [pdf 76kb]

WHA62.1 Prevention of avoidable blindness and visual impairment, 21 May 2009

Action plan for the prevention of avoidable blindness and visual impairment, 2 April 2009

WHA59.25 Prevention of avoidable blindness and visual impairment, 27 May 2006

RC52 Prevention of avoidable blindness and visual impairment, September 2005

WHA56.26 Elimination of avoidable blindness, 28 May 2003

WHA51.11 Global elimination of blinding trachoma, 16 May 1998 

EB101.R5 Global elimination of blinding trachoma, 24 January 1998

Featured publications

Action plan eye healthUniversal eye health: a global action plan 2014–2019 [pdf 436kb]

cpb-vision2020-right-to-sightVISION 2020: the Right to Sight: Global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness [pdf 4.68Mb]

Thumbnail of Guidelines for School Eye Health for the Eastern Mediterranean RegionGuidelines for school eye health for the Eastern Mediterranean Region [pdf 5.54Mb]

Information resources

10 facts about deafness and hearing impairment

Photo stories about people with hearing impairment

Prevent blindness through primary health care poster [pdf 443kb]

Statistics and figures

  • Over 23 million people are visually impaired in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, of whom 5 million people are blind
  • 80% of blindness is avoidable (treatable and/or preventable)
  • 90% of blind people live in developing countries
  • About 200 000 children are blind

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