the issue

Avoidable blindness

 
 

36 million people in the world are blind, three quarters from preventable or curable conditions. 

90% of the people affected live in low and middle-income countries and many cannot access basic eye care.

This is an immense and invisible global injustice. It is also solvable within our lifetimes.

Simple treatments exist – such as cataract surgery, glasses or antibiotics – which should reach everyone who needs them.

Today, every 5 seconds someone in the world will go blind. Every one minute, a child in the world will go blind. Most people who are avoidably blind, die blind. It is time we stop this.

 

A doctor using a smartphone to examine the eyes of a patient in their home in Kenya

Most people who are avoidably blind, die blind. It is time we stop this. 

 

 
 
A doctor demonstrating the Peel vision check app in Kenya
Children in Kenya having their vision checked using the Peek app
Children running along a road in Kenya
A health worker using the Peek app to check the vision of a lady in her home in Kenya
A health worker shows a lady how the Peek vision check app works in her home in Kenya
A patient with a smartphone held to their eye showing an image of their retina

Peek Vision in action, working to bring better vision and health to everyone. Photos: Rolex / Joan Bardeletti; Peek Vision