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Ref.: C.L.4.2024
The World Health Organization (WHO) presents its compliments to Member States and
has the honour to inform them of the planned publication of the second report of the 2030 targets
on effective coverage of eye care in 2024 thanks to an online consultation. This report is in
reference to decision WHA74(12),1 where Member States endorsed two new global eye care
targets for 2030: a 30 percentage point increase in effective cataract surgery coverage (eCSC),
and a 40 percentage point increase in effective refractive error coverage (eREC).
In 2022, WHO published the first regional and global estimates of both eCSC and eREC to
serve as a reference point to monitor progress towards the 2030 global targets. 2 WHO’s planned
second report of the 2030 targets on effective coverage of eye care will draw on a much richer
dataset and provide the latest available estimates on eCSC and eREC globally, by region and
country, and by age, sex and income-level. In addition, service quality gaps and temporal trends
in effective coverage will be investigated.
It is envisaged that the updated estimates will provide key insights on trends in the access
and quality of the two most cost-effective eye care interventions (i.e., cataract surgery and
spectacles) to support informed decision-making on health policy and resource allocation.
Member States are requested to nominate their focal point(s) and provide their contact
details (full name, title, affiliation and email address) as soon as possible and possibly by
15 February 2024 to the WHO Secretariat at the following email address:
[email protected].
Designated focal point(s) will then receive instructions on how to access the country portal.
Publication of these estimates is scheduled for October 2024. In an effort to simplify and
streamline country consultation processes, the online consultation will be held via WHO’s
country portal in the World Health Data Hub. 3 This will allow active technical exchanges
between Member States and WHO Secretariat for review of:
(i) primary data sources;
(ii) methodology; and
1
Decision WHA74(12). Integrated people-centred eye care, including preventable vision impairment and
blindness. In: Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly, Geneva, 24–31 May 2021
(https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA74/A74(12)-en.pdf).
2
Report of the 2030 targets on effective coverage of eye care. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2022
(https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/363158).
3
Country Portal (who.int).
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(iii) preliminary individual country estimates derived from the statistical model applied to
primary data.
The consultation for WHO’s second report of the 2030 targets on effective coverage of
eye care in 2024 will commence in mid-February 2024 and close on 29 March 2024. The
Secretariat will not be able to accommodate late submissions received after the closing of
country consultations.
The World Health Organization takes this opportunity to renew to Member States the
assurance of its highest consideration.
GENEVA, 30 January 2024
Saatja:
[email protected]
Teema: WHO: C.L.4.2024 (country consultation on eye care)
Kuupäev: 2024-01-31 16:13
Dear Member States of the World Health Organization,
Please find attached, in the six official languages, C.L.4.2024 regarding
the country consultation for publication of the second report of the 2030
targets on effective coverage of eye care in 2024.
Should you have questions regarding C.L.4.2024 please send an email to
[email protected] <mailto:
[email protected]> .
Best regards,
Department of Governing Bodies
World Health Organization
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