Our goals Prevention and treatment
The prevention and treatment of blindness in Asia
AEC conforms itself to the principles and objectives of the WHO project VISION2020, the Right to Sight.*). Accordingly, the following priorities can be distinguished in our programs:
1. Ophthalmic training of local doctors and nurses
2. Providing eye care, including eye surgery
3. Improving of local eye care facilities with materials, medicines, instruments and intraocular lenses
4. Eye examination of young children at schools and, whenever possible, the prevention of blindness
