The World Health Organization’s Western Pacific representatives have thrown their support behind a draft action plan to make eye health and avoidable blindness a higher priority.
Delegates at a conference in the Philippines say eye care needs to be a key part of any public health agenda.
More than 10 million people in the region are blind and up to 90 million suffer from visual impairment.
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