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Globally, 1.1 billion people were living with vision loss in 2020.
https://www.iapb.org/learn/vision-atlas/magnitude-and-projections/global/?_rt=NjJ8Nnx2aXNpb24gYXRsYXN8MTcyMjEzNDEyNw&_rt_nonce=a3d1cc1cccJessica Crofts-Lawrence and Simon Darvill on last week's UN Friends of Vision Event
https://www.iapb.org/blog/vision-for-everyone-unlocking-human/?_rt=NjV8Nnx2aXNpb24gYXRsYXN8MTcyMjEzNDEyNw&_rt_nonce=165b7a7292 | Published: 5th March 2021Globally, millions of people are blind or have low vision due to lack of access to spectacles, resulting in reduced quality of life.
https://www.iapb.org/learn/knowledge-hub/eye-conditions/refractive-error/?_rt=Njd8Nnx2aXNpb24gYXRsYXN8MTcyMjEzNDEyNw&_rt_nonce=202aa56c59Eye health is important for economic development
https://www.iapb.org/learn/vision-atlas/economics/?_rt=NzB8Nnx2aXNpb24gYXRsYXN8MTcyMjEzNDEyNw&_rt_nonce=5df7cc042dDiabetic eye disease often begins without symptoms, but because it it often left unmanaged, it has become a leading cause of vision loss and blindness.
https://www.iapb.org/learn/knowledge-hub/eye-conditions/diabetic-eye-disease/?_rt=NzJ8Nnx2aXNpb24gYXRsYXN8MTcyMjEzNDEyNw&_rt_nonce=6afaac8a8f
