Lions Clubs International will officially mark World Sight Day in Istanbul, Turkey on October 10 to 11, 2012. International President Wayne A. Madden will lead the events, which will include screenings focusing on diabetic eye diseases, including diabetic retinopathy.
Since 1998, Lions World Sight Day, held
annually in October, has focused attention on eliminating preventable
blindness and improving sight. On World Sight Day, Lions clubs around the world
conduct special sight-related projects including:
41,000,000
The Lions–Measles Initiative pilot program vaccinated 41 million children in Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mali and Nigeria against measles – a leading cause of childhood blindness.