Vision 2020 – Right to Sight

A twenty-year global program for vision protection

Abstract

This article presents the background of the WHO Vision 2020 program and the path leading to its implementation. It provides insight into the changes in the pathogenesis and prevalence of visual impairment that have occurred worldwide as a result of the program. During the twenty-year long action, action plans organized to prevent avoidable blindness and visual impairment contributed greatly to the success of the program.

In addition to the international results, the article also briefly presents the Hungarian research, programs and results. However, the struggles to eradicate avoidable blindness and visual impairment by the year of 2020 are not over. Faced with new focal points and a growing global population, steps to eliminate blindness and visual impairment will continue.

Keywords: WHO, Vision 2020 – Right to Sight, World Riport of Vision, blindness, visual impairment, prevention