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- £40 One Free Cataract Surgery
- £ 80 Two Free Cataract Surgeries
- £400 10 Free Cataract Surgeries
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Global Impact of Preventable Blindness
More than 2.2 billion individuals globally suffer from some form of vision impairment or blindness.
Despite the staggering numbers, approximately 75% of all cases of blindness are either treatable or entirely preventable. Tragically, this means that millions of vulnerable people continue to live without sight unnecessarily.
Vision loss is a major driver of poverty. It severely limits an individual’s ability to participate in the workforce, attend school, and make meaningful contributions to their community and society as a whole.
The Challenge of Cataracts
A principal contributor to global blindness is cataracts. This condition involves the natural lens of the eye, which is normally transparent, becoming cloudy. As the clouding progresses, vision is negatively affected and, if left untreated, can ultimately lead to total blindness.
The good news is that cataracts are easily corrected. The standard procedure involves surgically removing the cloudy natural lens and replacing it with a clear, artificial intraocular lens. However, even with this straightforward solution available, countless people in low-income and underserved communities cannot access the necessary, high-quality eye care they require.
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Key facts
- Globally, at least 2.2 billion people have a near or distance vision impairment. In at least 1 billion of these, vision impairment could have been prevented or is yet to be addressed.
- The leading causes of vision impairment and blindness at a global level are refractive errors and cataracts.
- It is estimated that globally only 36% of people with a distance vision impairment due to refractive error and only 17% of people with vision impairment due to cataract have received access to an appropriate intervention.
- Vision impairment poses an enormous global financial burden, with the annual global cost of productivity estimated to be US$ 411 billion.
- Vision loss can affect people of all ages; however, most people with vision impairment and blindness are over the age of 50 years.
