Affordable Vision Correction

Introduction

Refractive error recognized as a cause of blindness.1

WHO definition of blindness as presenting visual acuity < 3/60 in the better eye.2

Proposal by International Centre for Eye care Education (ICEE) Feb. 2000 to WHO for the establishment of a Refractive Error working group as part of Vision 2020 activities accepted.3

Correction of Uncorrected Refractive Error (CURE) included as a component of the global initiative.3

Peculiar circumstances in developing nations, so each nation needs to develop strategies to fully participate in the program.