To integrate eye health in wider health care systems as part of universal health coverage

Abstract

2030 IN SIGHT is a sector strategy which aims to ensure that by 2030, no one experiences preventable sight loss, and everyone can achieve their full potential.¹ To ensure that eye care and rehabilitation services are accessible, inclusive, and affordable to everyone, everywhere, whenever they are needed (Figure 1), and people understand the importance of caring for their own eye health and demand access to services, free from the weight of any social stigma. Integration helps the eye health sector to advance the direct and indirect sustainable development goals (SDGs) to which it is related, creating a fair, prosperous and sustainable world.² Apart from (Universal Health Coverage (UHC), no poverty, zero hunger, gender equality, decent work and economic growth, climate action, partnerships for the goals, The (National Eye Health Programme (NEHP) brings together the WHO World Report on Vision, the WHA resolutions, the Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health and the Landmark UN resolution, Vision for Everyone and The Nigerian constitution, national regulations, policies, plans and data to achieve this specific sector strategy for all Nigerians.