WHOeyes is a free, population-facing mobile software application (an app): provides educational messages on how the individuals can protect their eyes. The principle of WHOeyes is based on how an eye care professional would assess visual acuity using a …

2024年7月15日 · Eye conditions that can be targeted effectively with preventive strategies include congenital and acquired eye conditions, myopia, ocular trauma, and ocular infections and inflammations.

2023年8月10日 · 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 …

WHOeyes is suitable for anyone aged over 8 years. Although this test can identify central visual acuity, it is not useful to detect any peripheral visual defects. What is visual acuity? Visual acuity is the most common assessment of visual function. It is a simple, non-invasive measure and critical to determine the presence of vision impairment.

2023年11月15日 · WHOeyes is a free, population-facing mobile software application (an app): provides educational messages on how the individuals can protect their eyes. The principle of WHOeyes is based on how an eye care professional would assess visual acuity using a conventional chart in a clinical setting.

To address many of the challenges faced in the field of eye care – including inequities in access and lack of integration within the health system – eye care needs to be an integral part of universal health coverage (UHC): all

In this paper, we discuss the main sources of evidence that can inform eye-care plans and reflect on their incor-poration in current national universal eye health plans.

Marking the occasion, the World Health Organization Vision and Eye Care Programme has launched WHOeyes, a free app aimed at assessing both near and distance visual acuity. WHOeyes also serves as an education resource delivering valuable insights on eye protection.

The WHO Eye Care Competency Framework (ECCF) is a tool for workforce planning and development, conveying the expected or aspired performance of the eye care workforce from community to tertiary levels of care. To apply the tool appropriately, first it must be adapted to be suitable to the context.

increases in eye care coverage while delivering high quality care. This report provides the first estimates of both eCSC and eREC which serve as reference points to monitor progress towards the 2030 global targets.