Blindness and visual disorders <\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2022 One child becomes blind every minute, one adult every 5 seconds <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WHO figures \u2013August 2014 Blindness and visual disorders \u2022 One child becomes blind every minute, one adult every 5 seconds \u2022 In the world there are almost 285 million people with visual disorders: 39 million of them are blind and 246 million suffer from seriously impaired vision \u2022 Nearly 90% of the people with impaired … <\/p>\n
\n\u2022 In the world there are almost 285 million people with visual disorders: 39 million of them are blind and 246 million suffer from seriously impaired vision
\n\u2022 Nearly 90% of the people with impaired vision live in developing countries
\n\u2022 In the world, refractive errors that are not corrected by glasses are the main cause of visual impairment, cataracts are the first cause of blindness
\n\u2022 In the last 20 years, the number of people suffering from visual disorders caused by infectious diseases has decreased significantly
\n\u2022 80% of visual disorders can be prevented or cured.
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