Affordable Vision Correction

C Emerging Scenario(Continues)

Preventing 100 million from getting blind by the year 2020 means saving the world 150 billion U.S dollars in terms loss of productivity. The strategy of vision 2020 is built on the foundation of community participation with three components:

Cost effective diseases control intervention.

Human resources development (training and motivation)

Infrastructure development (facilities, appropriate technology, consumables and funds).

These frightening figures point to a change in the role of the NGOS and government- to shift from immediate to indefinite long term, and relief to sustainable systems.