Archive · 26 Jul 2025
WHO Drives Affordable Eye Care for All by 2030
Imagine many people can't see well because they can't get glasses or eye doctors.
The World Health Organization (WHO) wants to fix this.
They're trying to make sure everyone can get eye care, like checkups and glasses, by the year 2030.
A recent conference discussed this issue.
The conference was held in India and talked about how children's eyesight is becoming a problem, especially with more cases of nearsightedness (myopia).
The WHO organized this event with help from an organization called Drishti.
Drishti is an NGO that focuses on eye care.
WHO is working to ensure accessible eye care for everyone by 2030.
The initiative addresses vision problems affecting over 800 million people globally.
The conference was held at Amity University in Noida, India.
The conference focused on adolescent eye health, with a special emphasis on increasing myopia cases.
The event was organized by WHO and the NGO Drishti.
- Who
- The World Health Organization (WHO), Drishti, Dr. Yutaro Setoya, and Sanjana Chauhan.
- What
- A conference on adolescent eye health and the WHO's initiative to improve global access to eye care.
- When
- Not explicitly mentioned, but the initiative aims to achieve goals by 2030.
- Where
- Amity University, Noida, India.
- Why
- To address the problem of vision impairment and lack of access to eye care, particularly in adolescents.
- Organization
- WHO, Drishti
- Focus
- Adolescent eye health
- Location
- Noida, India
- Goal
- Ensure affordable eyecare by 2030
- Affected Population
- Over 800 million people with vision problems
- Specific issue
- Increasing Myopia