[community] Fwd: Webinar: COVID-19's Impact on the Cost of Vision Loss and Blindess in Canada

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WEBINAR
COVID-19's Impact on the Cost of Vision Loss and Blindness in Canada
Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at 5:00pm EDT

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COVID-19 has impacted all Canadians including people living with vision loss and blindness. Deloitte Access Economics, authors of The Cost of Vision Loss and Blindness in Canada Report 2019, investigated health data between March and December of 2020 to determine the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on vision health in Canada.  The webinar wilfl present the results of the report.

What you will learn:

  1.  8 million+ Canadians are living with an eye disease that can lead to blindness.
  2.  1.2 million Canadians are living with vision loss.
  3.  143,000 necessary eye surgeries were cancelled or delayed in 2020.
  4.  There were 3 million fewer optometry visits in 2020 compared to 2019.
  5.  Longer wait times for surgery will result from COVID-19 in a $1.3 billion increase in the cost of vision loss and its expected to take two years to clear the additional backlog of eye surgeries including cataracts.
  6.  1,437 people lost vision due to delayed eye examinations and treatments during the pandemic.
  7.  Three quarters of cases af vision loss in Canada are reversible, preventable, or treatable is diagnosed early.

How are eye health professionals, policymakers, and people living with vision loss responding?
What needs to be done?
Join our expert panel to discuss the implications, action plans, and recommendations for vision health professionals, health policymakers, and citizens of Canada.

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Expert Panel
Dr. Keith Gordon, Senior Research Manager at the Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB), will present the study's findings.  Dr. Gordon will be followed by a panel of Canada's eye health leaders: Louise Gillis, immediate Past president fo the CCB; Doug Earle, President and CEO of Fighting Blindness Canada; Dr. Harry Bohnsack, President of the Candian Association of Optometrists; and Dr. Colin Mann, President sof the Candian Ophthalmological Society, as they discuss the report and its implications on vision health.
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