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As myopia rates soar, especially across Asia-Pacific, the 4th APMMS event spotlighted advanced solutions like CooperVision’s MiSight® 1 day lenses and multi-stakeholder collaborations. Experts and attendees emphasized the need for early intervention, reshaping myopia management to prioritise disease prevention.

Myopia, or short-sightedness, is becoming an alarming public health issue. Global prevalence of myopia is projected to increase from 33.9% in 2020 to 49.8% in 2050 if no effective measures are implemented to manage its onset and progression. Particularly in Asia, the situation is much more severe, with myopia rates ranging from 10-30% among adults and an astounding 80-90% among young adults in East and Southeast Asia.

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CooperVision’s FDA-approved MiSight 1-day lenses have emerged as a solution to the issue of compliance with good efficacy for children. “In our 7-year trial for MiSight, we saw really impressive levels of compliance for MiSight. Because these are contact lenses, once they are put in, they stay in place, and there is less removal and replacement compared to spectacles. We’ve seen that it is common to wear 10+ hours a day and sometimes even up to 16 hours of wear during the trials,” said Shila Gupta, General Manager for Myopia Management at CooperVision.

Singapore has one of the highest prevalence of myopia in the world among children, with 65 per cent of our children being myopic by Primary 6. This article is a guest article written by Dr Sun Chen-Hsin. Dr Sun Chen-Hsin is a Consultant Ophthalmologist at the National University Hospital Singapore. In addition to his expertise in managing progressive myopia in children, Dr Sun is also an engineer, with special interests in developing paediatric ophthalmology technologies, including a wearable device that tracks outdoor time and near reading.

Amblyopia, often referred to as “lazy eye,” is a prevalent vision development disorder in childhood. It occurs when the eye and the brain are not working in unison, resulting in decreased vision in one or both eyes that cannot be corrected fully with glasses or contact lenses.

Myopia is prevalent in many societies and causes a significant public health cost. Reducing myopia progression, especially the age of…