• Women after eye surgery in MozambiqueThere are 1.1 billion people in the world with vision loss.
  • 161 million people have uncorrected refractive errors, 100 million have cataracts and 510 million have trouble seeing up close.
  • 90% of cases of visual impairment could be prevented or cured.
  • 55% of visually impaired people are women.
  • 90% of visually impaired people live in low- and middle-income countries.
  • The annual loss of global productivity due to visual impairment is estimated to be approximately $ 411 billion per year.