Society must be engaged to tackle scourge of weak eyesight: Wang Ningli

Wang Ningli. [Photo/Xinhua]

Wang Ningli called for a national strategy and the involvement of the entire society on Sunday to curb the increasing rate of nearsightedness.

Wang Ningli, also head of the Ophthalmologic Center at Beijing Tongren Hospital, said that the success of myopia prevention efforts was in the participation of parents and society as a whole.