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Reprinted with kind permission from the Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology 2007;42:790–1 doi:10.3129/i07-177 Are you aware that Canada’s population is aging? This process will start to accelerate in 2011, when the fi rst baby boomers (born in 1946–1965) turn 65 years old. By 2031, approximately 24% of the population will be over the age of 65.1 The vision health care workforce will not be able to keep pace with the demand for its services. The ratio of ophthalmologists to patients over 65 alone is projected to rise from 1:4301 to 1:7576 in the next 14 years.2 Canada is headed for a potential epidemic of age-related eye disease. Avoidable vision loss will increase dramatically. Vision loss is a serious and costly health issue that will result in enormous personal suffering and tremendous economic impact unless we intervene. The annual direct and indirect vision health costs in Canada are estimated at $8 billion, ballooning to over $15 billion if one includes the loss of well-being. Vision loss is the most feared disability, according to an Environics poll.3 Vision loss ranks with cancer as one of the two most feared health conditions. The consequences of vision impairment prevent healthy and independent aging: social dependence increases, the risk of falls and the mortality rate double, the risk of depression triples, and the risk of hip fractures quadruples. The National Coalition for Vision Health (NCVH) believes that developing and implementing a Vision Plan for Canada—a plan of action to promote vision health and prevent avoidable blindness in Canada—is the key to averting this vision loss crisis. What is NCVH? It is an organization of associations that share a common interest in eye care and vision research. The Coalition provides national leadership on Canada’s vision health issues and in the development of related public policy. NCVH accomplishes its goals through the mandates of its member associations by consultation, collaboration, advocacy, research, education, and service. The Coalition believes that all Canadians are entitled to full and equal access to eye care. Members include the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Institutes of Neurosciences, Mental Health, and Addiction), Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Canadian Ophthalmological Society, Foundation Fighting Blindness–Canada, Canadian Association of Optometrists, Opticians Association of Canada, Vision Health Research Council of Canada, and a participant observer from the Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control (CCDPC), and Public Health Agency of Canada. In looking to achieve its mandate, NCVH hosted a 1.5-day workshop in Toronto this past February to develop a national plan of action for the promotion of vision health and the prevention of avoidable blindness in Canada. Invited participants included academics, clinicians, researchers, nongovernment organizations, and representatives from the federal and provincial governments, as well as international guests from Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The keynote speaker was Professor Hugh R. Taylor, Managing Director of the Centre for Eye Research Australia, speaking on DeOur Vision of Vision Health: the National Coalition for Vision Health

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