Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind
The Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind is New Zealand's largest provider of sight loss-related services and one of the country's most trusted organizations.
The RNZFB recently partnered with VISION 2020 New Zealand to produce Clear Focus: The economic impact of vision loss in New Zealand in 2009.
Clear Focus identifies that vision loss cost New Zealand society $2.8 billion in 2009, and this figure is increasing each year. Without a resolute effort to prevent sight loss, Clear Focus projects a rise in the number of New Zealanders over 40 who have vision loss from 125,000 to 174,000 by 2020. Direct health costs alone would more than double to $523 million by 2020, compared with $198 million in 2009.
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