• Action plan for the prevention of avoidable blindness and visual impairment: 2009–2013 [pdf 1.30Mb]
• VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: Global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness [pdf 4.68Mb]
• Guidelines for school eye health for the Eastern Mediterranean Region [pdf 5.54Mb]

Facts about deafness and hearing impairment

Photo stories about people with hearing impairment

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

• 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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