"The 'Hyderabad Declaration on
Promoting Eye Health and Eliminating Avoidable Blindness and Visual Impairment' officiates the commitment we have to ending avoidable
blindness. Eighty per cent of blindness
is avoidable and we call upon governments, the private sector, professional
organisations and the international donor community to also support VISION
2020: The Right to Sight through a variety of specific means. We need to collaborate to train the hundreds
of thousands of eye care professionals necessary, develop the infrastructure
required and to deliver eye care to the millions of people in India and around
the world who are in need”
- Bob McMullan, Incoming President, IAPB
- Bob McMullan, Incoming President, IAPB
alive with possibility!
ReplyDeleteIt occurs to me that #4 ("Investment in Eye Health and blindness prevention yields economic benefits") would be better placed in the #1 slot, followed by 1, 3, 2 5 6 7.
ReplyDeleteI believe it may also be preferable to pull some of the statements (e.g., "we note....") from the list of priorities and tuck them in to a preamble.
Otherwise this is a very well thought out. Thank you to the coordinating authors!