World Sight Day

World Sight Day was established by the World Health Organization and became part of an important health campaign Every year on the second Thursday of October, the attention of the entire world community is drawn to the problems of people with blindness, impaired vision and, most importantly, their rehabilitation and opportunity to live a full life The international holiday appeared in 1998, and is now taking place as part of the global program “Vision 2020: The Right to Sight” WHO is looking for additional ways to solve international problems, and a narrowly specialized agency for the prevention of blindness of international level is helping in this According to the latter, almost 300 million people have problems and disorders of the visual system, and 40 million of them are blind The inability to see is often an acquired complication, which is also caused by the rapid globalization of the planet, and about half are elderly people Developed countries can provide sufficiently high-quality rehabilitation for visually impaired and visually impaired citizens The measures are varied: for example, training of guide dogs, special schools, leisure centers Modern technology and smart gadgets can make life in the dark much easier A special version of mobile phones and computer monitors has been developed, and a device has been created for reading ordinary books with audio signal transmission Research is underway to create a device based on an implantable implant into the retina that transmits a signal to the brain The low level of income among the population of underdeveloped countries does not always guarantee the most basic things: access to ophthalmologist services, information programs about preventive measures and vision preservation Therefore, people and specialists who are not indifferent to the situation are more depressing by the statistics: in most cases, blindness was preventable and treatable Often, living conditions themselves affect health Thus, river blindness is known, caused by ordinary water containing parasites; for some African countries this is still a serious threat Children often suffer, because they risk losing their vision from illnesses and lack of effective care, while in developed countries other enemies are relevant: the increase in the number of eye diseases in children and adolescents is associated with computer games Blind and visually impaired people, predominantly in developed countries, want and have the opportunity to benefit society and become full members Selflessness is inspired by inspiring examples: disability has not become an insurmountable problem for some outstanding people They were able to rise above the disease, and their activities are known throughout the world This is D Pulitzer, C Monet, A Bocelli And Russia can be proud of a number of personalities, for example, the great mathematician N Lobachevsky, who dictated many significant works to his students while being completely blind We should also mention Louis Braille, who lost his sight as a child, and who developed a unique tactile font for people like himself Therefore, World Sight Day is intended to draw attention to this problem and encourage every person to have their vision tested Specialized health centers have been opened where you can examine one of the most important human organs and receive timely consultation free of charge