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The article features several optometrist who discussed the challenges they face in delivering eye care services to patients at the World Conference on Optometric Globalization held in London, England. Feike Grit, president of the European Council of Optometry and Optics (ECOO), revealed that the council's mission will lead to free mobility of practitioners. Vanessa R. Modley, chairwoman of the professional board for Optometry and Dispensing Opticians in South Africa, revealed that patients in Africa receive inadequate care due problems in accessibility.

The article presents information on the issues involving eye care services discussed at the World Conference on Optometric Globalization in London, England. Speakers at the conference state that uncorrected refractive error remains the top challenge for optometrists. The need to better monitor the efforts of eye care around the world is discussed. Professor Kovin S. Naidoo hopes to develop a mass of optometrists in Africa to go out and offer services in an integrated system where they relate to other organs of health care and eye care.