The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) brought global attention to the importance of prioritising children’s eye health this World Sight Day.
The charity recorded over one million pledges from individuals and organisations prioritising the eye health of children and young people worldwide.
IAPB Global Ambassador Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Edinburgh read a CBeebies Bedtime story in honour of World Sight Day.
New research from the IAPB and Seva Foundation showed that children with poor eyesight learnt only half as much as their peers with good or corrected vision.
UN chef de cabinet Earle Courtenay Rattray joined UN ambassadors and hundreds of UN staff members at a sight screening at the UN headquarters in New York.
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