Tracking 2030 In Sight Progress (2025 Report)
See how the sector is progressing towards the goals of the 2030 In Sight Strategy – to elevate, integrate and activate eye health. Updated annually, this edition reflects progress up to the end of 2025.
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Better Education In Sight
Uncorrected refractive error costs children worldwide 6.3 million years of schooling and $173 billion in future earnings every year.
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The Value of Vision
Investing $7 billion in eye health across low- and middle-income countries could return $199 billion in economic benefits — making it one of the best buys in global health.
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Effective cataract surgical coverage
Cataract surgery is fast, straightforward, and inexpensive. However for millions around the world, it remains out of reach.
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Systematic review finds high prevalence of myopia among Malaysian adolescents
In Malaysia, almost one in two adolescents aged 13 to 18 years had myopia.
Corneal opacities impose substantial avoidable vision loss in India
A national survey estimated that corneal opacities caused avoidable blindness in approximately 880,000 people in India in 2023.
Study highlights high myopia burden among schoolchildren in rural China
Across seven provinces in China, 42.9% of schoolchildren in rural counties had myopia.
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