World Sight Day is observed annually on the second Thursday of October, 2020. The day aims to create awareness globally about blindness and vision impairment.
Globally, IAPB has a leadership role in preparing the annual World Sight Day.
Theme of World Sight Day 2020 is ‘Hope In Sight’.
Reason behind the theme- To find solutions to ensure that everyone, everywhere has access to sight.
Background
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- Originally the day was initiated in 2000 by the SightFirst Campaign launched by the Lions Club International Foundation (LCIF).
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- It was then incorporated into VISION 2020, a global initiative to, “eliminate avoidable blindness as a public health problem by the year 2020”
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- Each year the day’s theme is generated by IAPB, along with this it also creates main materials annually for the day.
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- The Right to Sight was launched in 1999 by the World Health Organization and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness.