The number of spectacle and contact lens wearers should be three times what it is in South Africa today
Think about this: The number of spectacle and contact lens wearers should be three times what it is in South Africa today. According to The Vision Council of America, sixty-one percent of the American population wears some form of vision correction. In contrast, the South African situation is vastly different. SA Statistics reported after the […]
Value your Eyes: Background
According to SA Statistics, only 14,6 % of South Africans wear a visual correction of some sort. I have been intrigued by this statistic for more than twenty years. During the nineties, Standard Optical commissioned Markinor to research the optical market. Their finding was that only 18% of our population wears spectacles or contact lenses. Around 2004, I was lucky enough to meet Barbara Cooke at a wedding which resulted in me getting my hands on statistics from The Brand Survey Company SA Pty Ltd, which showed a similar number. More recently, the SA Stats number was confirmed by survey results kindly supplied to me by Maria Petousis and Chris Kriel from Target Group Index. Whichever way you look at it, these sources all confirmed that the number of spectacle and contact lens wearers in South Africa is absurdly low, considering that the global incidence of refractive error has been widely reported to be more than fifty percent. The rapid increase in myopia worldwide would have pushed the global incidence of refractive error even higher.
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Prevalence and distribution of visual impairment, refractive error and their impact on quality of life among school-going children aged 6-18 years in Sekhukhune district (Limpopo), South Africa
Background: Refractive error (RE) and visual impairment (VI) remain major problems affecting school going children worldwide and impacting their quality of life.
Scaling up the delivery of refractive error services within a district health system: the KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa experience
In South Africa, the health service is based on a Primary Health Care (PHC) philosophy with the District Health System (DHS) as the locus of delivery. However eye care services, particularly primary eye care, refractive error and low vision, have not been prioritised accordingly. Hence the aim of the Giving Sight to KwaZulu-Natal (GSKZN) project was to integrate the delivery of eye care services into the district health system, with emphasis on addressing the need for uncorrected refractive error and low vision services.
Prevalence of Refractive Error Among the People of Tembisa Township, South Africa
Purpose: To determine the prevalence and types of refractive errors in persons aged 35 years and older in the Inanda, Ntuzuma, and KwaMashu (INK) area of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.
Prevalence of Refractive Errors in the INK Area, Durban, South Africa
Purpose: To determine the prevalence and types of refractive errors in persons aged 35 years and older in the Inanda, Ntuzuma, and KwaMashu (INK) area of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.
Visionary Kitchen: A Cookbook That Promotes Eye Health
Written by optometrist Sandra Young, OD, Visionary Kitchen is a cookbook with beautiful photography that will inspire you and your family to eat better for eye health. You can order a copy of Visionary Kitchen on Amazon or at VisionaryKitchen.com. The book contains more than 150 easy, delicious recipes that include ingredients containing lutein, omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin A, vitamin C, […]