The accomplishments of the global initiative VISION 2020: The Right to Sight and the focus for the next 8 years of the campaign

The accomplishments of the global initiative VISION 2020: The Right to Sight and the focus for the next 8 years of the campaign

In the first 12 years of VISION 2020 sound programmatic approaches have been developed that are capable of delivering equitable eye health services to even the most remote and impoverished communities. A body of evidence around the economic arguments for investment in eye health has been developed t...

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Main Author: Peter Ackland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Subjects:
Diabetes-related blindness
diabetic retinopathy
key informant
rapid assessment of avoidable blindness
retinopathy of prematurity
tele-ophthalmology
Blindness
disability
equity
health economics
health policy
health and development
social exclusion
Community eye health
prevention of blindness
ophthalmogical residency
VISION 2020
Visual impairment
blindness
inequality
social class
income
educational status
gender and ethnic groups
Advocacy
effective service delivery
enabling environment
stakeholders
resources
Avoidable blindness and visual impairment
impact
scaling up
Online Access:http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2012;volume=60;issue=5;spage=380;epage=386;aulast=Ackland

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