IMPROVING
LIVES BY
IMPROVING
SIGHT
ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, THE BIGGEST PREVENTABLE DISABILITY
IN THE WORLD IS VISION LOSS. A 2012 STUDY IN CANADA BY THE CNIB AND THE UNIVERSITY
OF WATERLOO’S SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY ESTIMATES THAT ONE IN SEVEN CANADIAN ADULTS
MAY BE LIVING WITH A FORM OF VISION LOSS, MUCH OF WHICH COULD BE CORRECTED.
CHILDREN ARE AT PARTICULAR RISK FOR MISSED DIAGNOSES.
THERE IS A NEED AND OPPORTUNITY IN CANADA FOR BETTER ADVOCACY, EDUCATION AND
AWARENESS FOR EYE HEALTH, ACCORDING TO ESSILOR. ESSILOR’S MISSION IS TO IMPROVE
LIVES BY IMPROVING SIGHT. OPTICAL PRISM, THIS MONTH, SPOKE WITH MARC TERSIGNI, CHIEF
STRATEGIC OFFICER, ESSILOR GROUP IN CANADA, ABOUT ESSILOR’S MISSION AND ULTIMATE
OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE ALL 35 MILLION RESIDENTS OF CANADA.
18 Optical Prism | September 2016