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Investing in Vision
Making a difference across the Commonwealth
In 2017, the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to perform a study that considered the benefits of investing in vision across the Commonwealth. The study found that for every £1 invested in tackling avoidable blindness across the Commonwealth, £5 is returned.
The returns on eye health investment were quantified for six Pacific island countries: Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu. The Foundation’s diabetic retinopathy programme in the Pacific was estimated to have a return on investment of more than 6:1.