World Sight Day
focused on visual
impairment,
blindness
An interview with the head
of the Canadian Association
of Optometrists.
By Denis Langlois
ABOUT 39 MILLION PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD ARE BLIND,
WHILE ANOTHER 246 MILLION
HAVE A MODERATE TO SEVERE
VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, ACCORDING
TO THE INTERNATIONAL AGENCY
FOR THE PREVENTION OF
BLINDNESS. YET, ABOUT 75 PER
CENT OF VISUAL IMPAIRMENT IS
AVOIDABLE THROUGH TREATMENT
OR PREVENTION.
36 Optical Prism | October 2016