#LoveYourEyes this World Sight Day
Marking World Sight Day in India
Led by the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) this year’s World Sight Day theme is #LoveYourEyes.
The global awareness day is happening on Thursday 13 October, and the IAPB’s network of almost 200 member organisations are uniting to help spread the ‘love your eyes’ message.
World Sight Day is an opportunity to focus the world’s attention on the importance of eyecare. This year, IAPB is leading the call for people to prioritise their eye health and asking the world’s leaders to ensure eyecare is accessible, available and affordable to everyone everywhere.
Alongside vision screenings happening at parliaments around the world, the IAPB is joining its members to hold a special vision screening at the United Nations headquarters in New York. It is also hosting the first-ever ‘Love Your Eyes Voices’ event. Hosted at the Japan Society in New York, this series of short talks followed by a reception will be the first in-person opportunity to celebrate the landmark UN Resolution on Vision for Everyone and its impact on progress towards available, affordable and accessible eyecare globally.
Peter Holland, CEO of the IAPB, said “I’d like to thank the entire sight sector for once again uniting behind World Sight Day. It is incredible to see people from around the world getting involved.
“So many eye health organisations, professionals and individuals have already pledged their sight tests. Our sights are set on a target of five million pledges this year. I encourage everyone to take a moment to prioritise their eye health by making a pledge today at www.iapb.org/wsdpledges.
“World Sight Day is always an important opportunity to raise awareness for eye health on a global scale. It serves as a reminder to take care of our own eyes and helps inform the world that there are still over a billion people on this planet who cannot get the eye care they need.”
Find out more about World Sight Day on the IAPB website.