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Source: World Health Organisation, 2011 Total population 310,384,000 Gross national income per capita (PPP international $) 48,82 $ Total expenditure on health per capita (Intl $, 2011) 8,608 Total expenditure on health as % of GDP (2011) First things first: the social and economic context.
Source: National Eye Institue’s datas – National Governement Health
Blindess, Growth Rate as % AllWhiteBlackHispanicOther + 219,3%+ 203,4%+ 200,0%+ 536,2%+ 379,4% Source: Touchphone datas elaboration, dati National Eye Institute – National Governement Health
By contrast, did YOU know that … 90% of all blind people live in low income countries. Only 10% of all blind children will be educated leaving the majority of blind children to grow up illiterate and with poor job prospects.
80% of all visual impairment is avoidable by prevention, treatment or cure …. when available Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness, but most cataracts can be surgically removed and sight restored. Blindness via glaucoma, leads to permanent blindness if not caught early enough to intervene with proper medication Source: Action Plan for the Prevention of Avoidable Blindness and Visual Impairment, WHO
YOU can help us defeating the barriers of visual impairment.
In partnership with This year, on World Sight day
kindly invites you to sing along with Andrea Bocelli At his Singtones Night Concert, 11th October Barclays Center, Brooklyn To our beloved T-phone’s users: download for free the song content heard during Bocelli’s concert!
Andrea Bocelli’s Singtones Night Concert will be followed by blind dinners event taking place in restaurants all around the world. Don’t miss out these unique sensorial experiences! To purchase your tickets in advance,
We proudly announces that: all collected proceeds from the Singtones Night Concert and a personal contribution from Andrea Bocelli will be donated to the international project "Vision 2020: the Right to Sight", by WHO and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness. Moreover, we decided to give to the project "Vision 2020: the Right to Sight" 5% of our total revenue.
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