Johnson & Johnson Vision Encourages Public to #spotlightsight for World Sight Day - Seite 2

The #spotlightsight campaign supports the global call-to-action, "Eyecare Everywhere" by the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), coordinator of World Sight Day. World Sight day is an international day of awareness, held annually on the second Thursday of October to focus attention on the global issue of avoidable blindness and visual impairment.

Johnson & Johnson Vision
At Johnson & Johnson Vision, we have a bold ambition: to change the trajectory of eye health around the world. Through our operating companies, we deliver innovation that enables eye care professionals to create better outcomes for patients throughout their lives, with products and technologies that address refractive error, cataracts and dry eye. In communities with greatest need, we work in collaboration to expand access to quality eye care, and we are committed to helping people see better, connect better and live better. Visit us at www.jjvision.com. Follow @JNJVision on Twitter and Johnson & Johnson Vision on LinkedIn.

Lions Clubs International Foundation
LCIF is the charitable arm of Lions Clubs International (LCI), the world's largest service club organization, with more than 1.4 million members in more than 200 countries and geographical areas. Since 1968, LCIF has funded humanitarian work through financial gifts from LCI members; the general public; and corporate, foundation and government partners. To build a future promising a better world, LCIF will increase service impact by combating vision problems, providing valuable life skills to youth, responding to major catastrophes, and sponsoring and delivering programs addressing the distinct needs of at-risk and vulnerable populations. Learn more at lcif.org.

Himalayan Cataract Project
The Himalayan Cataract Project and its extensive network of partners work across South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa to bring world-class eye care to the needlessly blind through quality care, clinical training and the establishment of first-rate ophthalmic infrastructures. Co-founder Sanduk Ruit MD, born in Nepal, educated in India, together with American ophthalmologist, Geoff Tabin MD, recognized the unmet eye health need in the Himalayas and made a vow in 1995 to eliminate preventable and treatable blindness.⁴ Through the Himalayan Cataract Project's efforts, over 8,875,905 people have been screened and treated, including surgery for over 740,000 people from 17 countries.⁵ Visit https://www.cureblindness.org/ to learn more.

¹ http://www.who.int/blindness/data_maps/VIFACTSHEETGLODAT2010full.pdf
² World Health Organisation, 2018
³ "Priority Eye Diseases" World Health Organisation, 2018
⁴ https://jjvision.com/caring-giving
⁵ From HCP

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