Orbis: Eye Care for all – Clear Sight in Vietnam

There are 300,000 adults and 23,000 children in Vietnam who are blind. Many of these patients are completely treatable if they can access the eye care they desperately need. During the pandemic, entire health systems had to prioritise fighting COVID-19, and many eye care facilities had to make the difficult decision to provide only emergency care. In addition, the pandemic has disrupted eye care training like never before, and the world has yet to see the full impact of these decisions on eye care.




When eye care professionals get the training they need, patients get the quality eye care they deserve. Now, eye care professionals are at risk of falling behind in their training to enter the workforce or lacking critical resources for pursuing essential professional training through continuing medical education. 




Finally, as eye care teams return to work, they face a huge backlog of cases as well as new challenges for ensuring patient safety while still delivering essential sight saving care.