World Sight Day News

Your vision is a precious gift, and as you hit the age of 30, it's vital to adopt habits that safeguard your eyesight. Explore these proficient tips for maintaining excellent eye health.

Diabetics must visit an opthalmologist without fail every year Patients also need to control high blood pressure and cholesterol level as they add to the problems of diabetic retinopathy (DR) The most serious impact of DR can be blindness

Eyes are among the first sense organs to become ill and damaged as we age or lead unhealthy lifestyles An annual, routine eye screening especially for those with diabetes and the elderly population, is important UV rays of the sun can harm your eyes, so wear shades when you are out in the sun

World Sight Day will be observed on the 13th of October, 2022 with the theme for this year's celebrations being 'Love Your Eyes'.

Our eyes are the most valuable and sensitive sense organs of our body.

The WHO Global Action Plan (GAP) for the prevention of avoidable blindness and visual impairment 2014-2019 emphasises on improving eye health for everyone and reducing the prevalence of avoidable blindness and visual impairment by 25 per cent by the year 2019.

Eye care should be part of our normal health routine throughout your lifetime.

Many eye diseases have no early warning signs or symptoms, but a dilated exam can detect eye diseases in their early stages before vision loss occurs.

An application equipped with Braille typing feature that promises to assist the visually-impaired in using all features of a smartphone was launched here Thursday on World Sight Day.