After 5 years of effort by the global optometric community – Haiti’s first School of Optometry opens

Vision Source Optometrists and Optometry Giving Sight Support the Training of Haiti’s First Optometrists

Haiti has the highest level of blindness and vision impairment in the region and most of this is avoidable. It is 3 time higher than other countries in the region. An important reason for this is the critical shortage of qualified eye care personnel. In a country of over 10 million people, there are only 3 local optometrists.

This is about to change. April 12th, 2018 marks the official opening of Haiti’s first ever School of Optometry & Vision Sciences at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of I’Université d’État d’Haïti.