World Sight Day is an annual day of awareness to focus global attention
on blindness, visual impairment and rehabilitation of the visually impaired
held on the second Thursday in October.
World Sight Day is observed around the world by all partners involved
in preventing visual impairment or restoring sight. It is also the main
advocacy event for the prevention of blindness and for "Vision 2020: The
Right to Sight", a global effort to prevent blindness created by WHO and
the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness.
Related Links: http://www.who.int/blindness/en/index.html
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