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Govt to expand access to primary eye care for up to 60m people
LAHORE: Pakistan has announced a key national commitment at the Global Summit for Eye Health, pledging to expand access to primary eye care for up to 60 million people by 2030 through the scale-up of Advanced Primary Eye Care (APEC) services across the country. With Pakistan’s population projected to reach nearly 277 million by 2030, the government will make at least 150 additional Rural Health Centres (RHCs) operational as APEC centres, each staffed by a trained optometrist and equipped to provide eye examinations, refraction services, early detection of cataract, glaucoma and diabetic retino...
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