title: Vision 2020: moving beyond blindness.
abstract: Most industrialized countries and many emerging economies have chosen to define 'blindness' at a visual acuity above that which WHO uses. This reflects the increasing visual demands of modern society for tasks such as driving or using cell phones. Meeting these demands will require more highly skilled health workers using more sophisticated equipment than has generally been considered sufficient for primary eye care.
authors: Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cape Town, South Africa slewallen@kcco.net.
authors: Susan
authors: S
authors: Lewallen
authors: International Agency for Prevention of Blindness/Vision 2020, Weston, Florida, USA.
authors: Van
authors: V
authors: Lansingh
authors: Lions Aravind Institute for Community Ophthalmology, Madurai, India.
authors: R D
authors: RD
authors: Thulasiraj
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control
keywords: Blindness; Eye care; Vision 2020; Visual acuity