View from FODO: Early detection is key

Healthcare has always been an issue that is devolved to the national level across Europe. But prevention and harmonisation of action are two key areas that we can and do call on European politicians to think about and act on.

We are faced with an ageing population in many parts of the world and particularly in Europe, increasing levels of myopia among the urban young, and large populations without access to elementary forms of eye care. These global challenges require global solutions. To achieve this, each World Health Organization region must play its part.

In our modern, tech-focused, high-speed lives good vision is imperative at all ages. In Europe, despite the fact that most people say sight is the sense they most fear losing, we still have a lack of public knowledge about eye health, vision and how to prevent impairment.