Pursuing a Common Vision: Opportunities for Collaboration Between the Eye Health and Nutrition Sectors

Abstract

Considerable progress has been achieved over the past decade in combating the leading causes of avoidable blindness and malnutrition. Nevertheless, the most common approach to addressing these problems in developing countries, vertical programs that focus on a single disorder, may not be the most cost-efficient or effective means to fulfilling the goal of eliminating avoidable blindness by 2020, or addressing the pervasive problem of malnutrition and child mortality highlighted in the Millennium Development Goals.