Pearce Matthew Gordon
An-Najah National University Faculty of Optometry, Nablus, West Bank, Palestine.
Optometry. 2008 Aug;79(8):464-71. doi: 10.1016/j.optm.2007.10.016.
The World Health Organization and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness developed the global initiative, VISION 2020, with the goal of eliminating avoidable blindness by 2020. An unknown number of volunteer-based organizations conduct short-term vision camps as a means of eliminating blindness in developing countries.
VISION 2020 strategies are reviewed and volunteer organizations' understanding of VISION 2020 and methods of service delivery are considered through survey results.
From the surveys it is apparent that volunteer organizations are not aware of the VISION 2020 initiative and do not conduct their projects and programs in a way that is supported by VISION 2020.
Volunteer organizations have the skills, resources, and enthusiasm to make an impact on the burden of visual impairment. They do not, however, follow strategies accepted as most appropriate by the larger global eye health care community. Volunteer organizations are encouraged to reprioritize the work they do and change the methods they use.
世界卫生组织和国际防盲机构发起了全球倡议“视觉2020”，目标是到2020年消除可避免的失明。数量不详的基于志愿者的组织开展短期视力营活动，作为在发展中国家消除失明的一种方式。
通过调查结果回顾“视觉2020”战略，并考量志愿者组织对“视觉2020”的理解及服务提供方式。
从调查中明显看出，志愿者组织并不知晓“视觉2020”倡议，且其开展项目和计划的方式未得到“视觉2020”的支持。
志愿者组织具备技能、资源和热情，能够对视力损害负担产生影响。然而，它们并未遵循全球更大的眼保健社区认为最合适的战略。鼓励志愿者组织重新确定工作重点并改变使用的方法。
