Evidence on ageing and the loss of sight

The International Federation on Ageing has released a new report describing the health, social and economic burdens of vision loss on a global society that is rapidly ageing. The report, The high cost of low vision: the evidence on ageing and the loss of sight,  calls for increased public education and awareness programs, improved public policies and greater integration of preventive eye health interventions into public health systems. Vision loss is no longer an inevitable part of the ageing process, as people can now age with strong, healthy vision, given 21st-century innovations in diagnosis, biomedicine, nutrition, technology and preventive care.