The economics of vision loss

Abstract

In this paper, I would first like to present a snapshot of the impact of vision loss in Australia. I will then review the demographic changes in our community, show how these changes also affect blindness rates around the world and, finally, discuss the exciting work being done by Vision 2020, The Global Initiative to Eliminate Avoidable Blindness by the year 2020 (www.vision2020.org). © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.