Optical Prism October 2015 | Page 25

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) Learn how you change help make sight accessible at http://www.iapb.org/ advocacy/world-sight-day PARTICIPATE! Take the opportunity of World Si v