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Vision Health<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Introduction\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The World Blind Union (WBU) promotes the needs and views of blind and partially sighted people worldwide. One of the main priorities of the WBU is to support and enhance our advocacy, representation and capacity strengthening efforts through raising awareness and providing resources on matters important to blind and partially sighted people.<\/p>\n

As the prevalence of visual loss and blindness increases worldwide, the WBU continues to provide information and resources to our members and the public to raise awareness and support our members’ efforts to advocate for accessible and affordable health care services.<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0latest\u00a0World report on vision<\/a>\u00a0released by the\u00a0World Health Organization (WHO), October 2019, at least 2.2 billion people have vision impairment or blindness, of which over 1 billion cases could have been prevented or have yet to be addressed.<\/p>\n

The report\u00a0found that ageing populations,\u00a0 changing lifestyles and limited access to eye care, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, are among the main drivers of the rising numbers of people living with vision impairment.<\/p>\n

Other main findings of the report include:<\/p>\n