I truly believe united distribution of adjustable spectacles as an interesting opportunity for a better world “to see” Jan in ’t Veld Co-founder & Vice-president

Statistics Visually impaired 2004:314 million 2010:285 million 2018:214 million 2020:200 million(extrapolation by WHO) 99% live in developing countries (at the BoP) 75% of avoidable blindness is due to uncorrected refractive errors Focus on Vision | 9GA IAPB |

Identified barriers Limited output ophthalmic schools Africa: optometrists, 0 ophthalmologists per annum Projections: optometrists and ophthalmologists ideally needed Limited interest to work rurally. Insufficient income, risk: saturation in urban areas Restrictive protectionist legislation e.g. Tanzania, South Africa, India, United States Just a thought; “HOW TO IDENTIFY CLIENTS FROM PATIENTS?” Focus on Vision | 9GA IAPB |

We endorse Focus on Vision | 9GA IAPB | September 2012 ophthalmologists optometrists opticians and assistants vision guardians concept LV Prasad Eye Institute

A universal procedure (proposed) 1.Recognize eye diseases and refer to vision centres or hospitals 2.Recognize severe refractive error and refer to vision centres or independent optometrists 3.Recognize simple refractive error 4.Distribution of low cost or free spectacles We emphasize Focus on Vision | 9GA IAPB | September 2012

Focusspec ® Low cost Vision guardian approach Focus on Vision | 9GA IAPB | September 2012

High end lens Production

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Local assembly projects

Distribution Focus on Vision | 9GA IAPB | September th century distribution Europe painting J.J.M. Damschreuder 1867

Distribution Focus on Vision | 9GA IAPB | September st century distribution city center Dar es Salaam, Tanzania around the corner of its Ministry of Health October 9, 2011

Leadership Focus on Vision | 9GA IAPB | September 2012 India today needs at least 100 million low cost spectacles

We act and support Focus on Vision | 9GA IAPB | September 2012 Training of clinical nurses by qualified optometrists to become vision guardians July, 2011

Focus on Vision Strategic Values Focus on Vision | 9GA IAPB | September 2012 Programs developed to facilitate roll-out/reach outs Eye screenings, eye camps, etc. with trained local clinical nurses and social entrepreneurs to know the difference between refractive errors and serious eye conditions Support material like training manuals and simple user leaflets Cooperation among IAPB members.

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Get Involved Focus on Vision | 9GA IAPB | September 2012 “Preventable blindness is one of our most tragic and wasteful global problems. By eliminating unnecessary blindness we can dramatically improve the education, employment and quality of life for many millions of people” Prof. Brien Holden of the ICEE What YOU can do? Purchase the Focusspec ® Support Focus on Vision and contribute to help creating Joy of Eyesight Partner up with your specific qualities and let Vision 2020 become true by 2020

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