Dow Corning and the Centre for Vision in the Developing World Launch Children’s Vision Correction Initiative
16 Março 2011 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
Dow Corning, a global leader in silicon-based technology, and
the Centre for Vision in the Developing World (CVDW) are jointly
announcing a collaboration to create an innovative new way to help
correct the vision of children in the developing world. Dow Corning
has committed US $3 million of funding and materials expertise to
the CVDW as part of this collaboration to launch an initiative
called Child ViSion™.
The Child ViSion(TM) initiative will
design, manufacture and distribute a child-specific version of
self-adjustable eyeglasses to children in the developing world.
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The Child ViSion™ initiative will design, manufacture and
distribute a child-specific version of self-adjustable eyeglasses
to children in the developing world. The aim is to increase the
effectiveness of classroom-based education by improving children’s
ability to see the blackboard from which they are being taught.
“There are 100 million children or more in the developing world
who need glasses to benefit fully from their education in the
classroom. This problem arises principally because there are too
few eye care professionals in the developing world,” said Prof.
Josh Silver, Oxford University physicist, founder and director of
the CVDW, and inventor of the world’s first universal fluid-filled
adjustable eyeglasses. “Through this collaboration with Dow
Corning, CVDW can now expand our efforts to provide eyeglasses to
the children who need them for their education.”
The goal of the CVDW, a United Kingdom-based Community Interest
Company, is to improve vision for people in the developing world
who lack access to adequate vision correction.
“This collaboration between Dow Corning and the Centre for
Vision in the Developing World will combine our expertise to help
bring improved vision correction to children in desperate need,”
said Stephanie A. Burns, Chairman and CEO of Dow Corning.
Through Child ViSion™, Dow Corning will work with the CVDW to
explore how self-adjustable eyeglasses can be designed specifically
for the needs of children so that the glasses are able to withstand
daily use, are light weight and look more appealing, which will
increase the likelihood that they will be worn. Another key element
of the initiative will be to ensure the design can be scaled up to
mass-production levels, which includes lowering the cost of
production.
“Dow Corning fluids played a critical role in Prof. Silver’s
pioneering self-adjustable glasses, which have already provided
vision correction to approximately 40,000 people in more than 20
countries,” said James Stephenson, Dow Corning global Healthcare
marketing manager and leader of the Child ViSion™ initiative at Dow
Corning. “We are excited to further our relationship with the CVDW
and to see how our silicon-based technologies can now improve
vision correction and the quality of life for children in the
developing world.”
To learn more about Child ViSion™, visit
dowcorning.com/childvision.
Join the Child ViSion™ discussion on Twitter by following
#hcvision
Editor’s Note
Prof. Silver’s original self-adjustable glasses contain special
lenses composed of clear membranes that are filled with Dow Corning
silicone fluid. By adding or removing fluid via a removable syringe
and dial attached to the glasses' frame, wearers can modify the
curvature of the lenses and therefore the strength of their
glasses. The glasses are designed to provide vision correction for
myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness) and presbyopia
(inability to focus on near objects).
About Dow Corning
Dow Corning (dowcorning.com) provides performance-enhancing
solutions to serve the diverse needs of more than 25,000 customers
worldwide. A global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology
and innovation, Dow Corning offers more than 7,000 products
and services via the company’s Dow Corning® and
XIAMETER® (xiameter.com) brands. Dow Corning is equally
owned by The Dow Chemical Company and Corning, Incorporated. More
than half of Dow Corning’s annual sales are outside the United
States. Dow Corning’s global operations adhere to the American
Chemistry Council’s Responsible Care® initiative, a stringent set
of standards designed to advance the safe and secure management of
chemical products and processes.
About the Centre for Vision in the Developing World
The Centre for Vision in the Developing World (CVDW) believes
everyone, no matter where they are in the world, should have access
to vision correction. The Centre is working on a number of projects
and has an ambitious vision for the future - one billion people to
get the glasses they need but to which they lack access by
2020.
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