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153 million people worldwide live with visual impairment due to uncorrected refractive errors

Shimla, Nov 6 (UNI) Dr Naresh Purohit, Advisor - National Programme for Control of Blindness, said that according to WHO estimates, 153 million people worldwide live with visual impairment due to uncorrected refractive errors.
Unlike cataract, refractive errors can easily be treated with a pair of spectacles.
Sharing insight on the issue of prevention of visual impairment on the concluding day of the International Convention of the Association of Community Ophthalmologists of India held at Palampur recently, noted epidemiologist Dr Purohit stated here that as per WHO 80 per cent of all causes of visual impairment are preventable or curable if determining causes and treatment were made priorities and control measures were implemented consistently across the world, by providing refractive services and offering surgery to people in need.
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