Burden of Eye Problems in Ethiopia: projection from 2005 to 2015

Abstract

Eye problems are recognized among the major public health challenges in many developing countries. An international initiative called VISION 2020: The Right to Sight has been launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) and collaborating institutions in 1999 to eliminate the major causes of avoidable blindness by the year 2020 (1). Ethiopia launched the imitative in September 2002.