Sydney, Australia, 7 November 2016: A recent TEDx talk by Professor Kovin Naidoo at the Johannesburg Salon highlights the link between vision impairment and poverty and how the establishment of sustainable eye care systems is integral to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.

Not only will these services address an outstanding health need, he says, but through the empowerment of social entrepreneurs can income generation and facilitate economic growth.