World Sight Day this year falls on 9 October. It is an annual international event celebrated on the second Thursday of October to raise the public’s awareness of avoidable blindness...

Visual impairment is a significant health problem worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates that globally about 285 million people are visually impaired, of whom 39 million are blind. It has...

18 April 2012 – Avoidable blindness is a major health problem in Somalia. The estimated blindness prevalence rate is 1.2%, and more than 100 000 people are blind. Cataract remains...