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Package of eye care interventions
At the Seventy-third World Health Assembly in November 2020, WHO Member States adopted resolution WHA73 “Integrated people-centred eye care, including preventable vision impairment and blindness”. In recognition of the growing need for eye care services worldwide, the resolution requests 1WHO to “develop guidance on evidence-based and cost–effective eye care interventions and approaches to facilitate the integration of eye care into universal health coverage”. To this end, WHO, through consultation with international experts, developed this Package of Eye Care Interventions (PECI).
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Publisher Name:
World Health Organization (WHO)
Publisher Website:
https://www.who.int/
Publication Year:
2022
Languages:
English, Chinese, Spanish, French
Categories:
Standard or framework
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