Editorials
Why Support Optometry Giving sight ?
I was asked recently why optometry should support Optometry Giving Sight – especially when many optometrists (and vendors) already support local charities.
My response, as always, was to highlight the fact that Optometry Giving Sight is a truly unique and unprecedented > more
The Multiplier Effect
2007 is proving to be a watershed year for Optometry Giving Sight – and I am delighted to report that optometrists and their patients throughout the world are recognizing that they have a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of the global effort to eliminate global blindness due to uncorrected > more
Towards a Global Solution
The release, in October 2006, of the World Health Organization’s latest global estimates on blindness revealed that 153 million people in need around the world have uncorrected distance refractive error, making it the leading form of preventable blindness and vision impairment. > more
Optometry Giving Sight is a Global Solution to a Global Problem
Millions of people in developing countries are blind or visually impaired because they don’t have access to an eye exam and a pair of glasses. Why not? Because there are not enough trained eye care personnel and there is no infrastructure to support these desperately needed eye care services. > more
