DID YOU KNOW?
Did you know that in Canada, it is
estimated that:
- Nearly 25 per cent of school-age
children has vision problems
- Only 14 per cent of children under 6
years of age receive professional eye
care... despite Canada’s wealth and
robust healthcare system?
* Smith et al: Potential lost productivity
resulting from the global burden of
uncorrected refractive error
– Bulletin of World Health Organization
2009, 87: 431-437 (adjusted to 2015
population data)
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