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This year, the awareness week will be themed around ‘Make your Eye Moves’ and will focus on encouraging activities that promote eye health and reduce the risk of myopia

The global initiative aims to raise awareness of the growing issue of myopia in children

The Villa Vision project will deliver eye health awareness education as well as sight tests performed in a specially fitted mobile eye care van

The eye research charity said it will continue to award funding for projects during the outbreak

New research has highlighted the growth rate and prevalence of myopia across the world

The London borough has one of the highest child poverty rates in England, which correlates to the prevalence of childhood sight loss in the area

OT  speaks to Professor Kovin Naidoo about the Our Children’s Vision initiative, which aims to provide eye care to 50 million children globally by 2020