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A Pair Of EyeglassesCan Change A Life Poor VisionA Global Health Crisis The World Health Organization estimates that nearly one billion people are visually impaired because they do not have access to eyeglasses. Eyeglasses improve learning outcomes in school children yield productivity and economic gains in adults promote literacy and reduce traffic and workplace accidents. Closing The Visual Divide Invented 700 years ago glasses offer an affordable and often lifechanging solution. Yet just as unequal distribution of more modern technologies has created a digital divide inequitable access to glasses has created a visual divide.