1、SESSION 3:2024 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health Mission for Vision:A Quarter Century of Person-Centered Eye CareSandra S.Block,OD,MEd,MPHModeratorPresident,World Council of OptometryProfessor Emeritus,Illinois College of Optometry Elizabeth KurianChief Executive Officer
2、,Mission for Vision Member,Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on the SPECS 2030 initiative,World Health OrganisationSESSION 3:2024 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public HealthMission for Vision:A Quarter Century of Person-Centered Eye Care Elizabeth KurianChief Executive Office
3、r,Mission for VisionMember,Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on the SPECS 2030 initiative,World Health OrganisationThe situationAt least 2.2 billion people live with a vision impairment(including visual impairment that has been addressed)At least 1 billionliving with vision impairment that coul
4、d have been prevented or has yet to be addressedContext90%of vision loss is in low-and middle-income countries,with the poor and the extreme poor the furthest left behind55%of people with vision loss are women and girls73%of people with vision loss are over the age of 50USD 410.7 Bn in lost producti
5、vity annually due to vision lossBlindness is closely interlinked with poverty,disproportionately impacts indigenous people,rural communities and migrant populationsSource:World Report on Vision 2019TrendsEducational AchievementWork Force ParticipationLimited MobilityHigher rates of Violence&AbuseMen
6、tal HealthQuality of LifeVisual Impairment Severely ImpactsBarriers to Eye CareAvailability of ServicesAccessibilityAffordabilityAcceptabilityChallengesEye Health and Universal Health CoverageUniversal Health Coverage(UHC)means that all people have access to the health services they need,when and wh