Michael Hodin, PhD , CEO of the Global Coalition on Aging, issued a call to action to address widespread poor vision and barriers to eye health in the aging population at the Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health National Summit in Washington.
There are 253 million people worldwide with visual impairments, and 81% of those individuals are 50 years or older, according to Hodin.
“The latest data across all OECD countries, which includes the United States, is that 73% of those who are surveyed between ages of roughly late 50s (Read more...)
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