Editorial: Ideas to Assist the Underprivileged Dispossessed Individuals

Unfortunately, the medical and welfare facilities are not homogenously distributed to all parts of the world. In many countries, malnutrition could be considered as the major problem while in many other countries, the side effects of obesity are the causes of mortality and morbidity. Within the sum total of all countries there are huge inequalities as well. The same is true in ophthalmic diseases. In many parts of the world, patients have access to the best surgical corneal operations and receive the benefits of the latest methods of minimal invasive surgeries by modern technologists. In many cases, vision improves a few minutes after surgeries, the occuloplastic operations make figures appear younger and more attractive and expensive glasses and high quality intraocular lenses make life more comfortable. However, in other parts of the world many people are deprived of minimal levels of healthcare and ophthalmic services, including the correction of refractive status with simple glasses.