HIKAKO—Ārai i te Matapokua whakapuakina te tau 2022 ko te "Tau o te Tirohanga a ngā Tamariki".
Ko te whāinga he whakaatu me te aro atu ki ngā matea tirohanga me te hauora o ngā kanohi kanorau, tino nui hoki o ngā tamariki, me te whakapai ake i ngā putanga mā te tautoko, te hauora tūmatanui, te mātauranga, me te mōhiotanga, e ai ki te whakahaere, te whakahaere hauora me te haumaru kanohi kore-moni tawhito rawa atu o te motu. Ko ngā mate tirohanga noa i roto i ngā tamariki ko te amblyopia (kanohi mangere), te strabismus (kanohi whiti), me te hapa tirohanga, tae atu ki te myopia, te hyperopia me te astigmatism.
Hei āwhina i te whakatika i ēnei āwangawanga, ka whakahaerehia e Prevent Blindness ngā kaupapa me ngā kaupapa maha puta noa i te Tau o te Tirohanga Tamariki, tae atu ki:
● Whakarato rauemi mātauranga me ngā rauemi kore utu ki ngā whānau, ki ngā kaitiaki, me ngā tohunga ngaio mō ngā kaupapa hauora kanohi maha, tae atu ki ngā mate tirohanga me ngā taunakitanga haumaru kanohi.
● Me mahi tonu ngā mahi ki te whakamōhio me te mahi tahi me ngā kaihanga kaupapa here mō ngā whai wāhitanga ki te aro atu ki te tirohanga me te hauora o ngā kanohi o ngā tamariki hei wāhanga o te whanaketanga o ngā tamariki kōhungahunga, te mātauranga, te taurite hauora, me te hauora tūmatanui.
● Whakahaerehia he raupapa o ngā hui tukutuku kore utu, e manaakihia ana e teTe Pokapū ā-Motu mō te Tirohanga me te Hauora Kanohi o ngā Tamariki i Prevent Blindness (NCCVEH), tae atu ki ngā kaupapa pēnei i te hauora tirohanga o ngā tamariki he hiahia motuhake, me ngā awheawhe mai i teTe Tirohanga Pai Ake Ngātahingā hononga hapori me ngā hononga ā-rohe.
● Whakawhanui ake i te whānuitanga o te hunga i huihuia e te NCCVEHTe Hononga Whakataetae a ngā Tamariki mō te Tirohanga.
● Ārahi i ngā mahi hei whakatairanga i ngā rangahau hou mō te hauora o ngā kanohi me te tirohanga a ngā tamariki.
● Whakarewahia ngā kaupapa pāpāho pāpori mō ngā kaupapa me ngā take tirohanga motuhake a ngā tamariki. Ngā kaupapa hei whakauru i te #YOCV ki ngā pou. Ka tonoa ngā akonga ki te whakauru i te tohu paetae ki ā rātou pou.
● Whakahaerehia ngā kaupapa maha puta noa i te whatunga hononga Prevent Blindness e arotahi ana ki te whakatairanga i te tirohanga a ngā tamariki, tae atu ki ngā huihuinga tirotiro tirohanga me ngā whakaaturanga hauora, ngā hui whakawhiwhi tohu mō te Tangata Matakite, te whakamihi i ngā kaitautoko ā-rohe me te kāwanatanga, me ētahi atu.
"I te tau 1908, i whakatūria a Prevent Blindness hei tari hauora tūmatanui e aro nui ana ki te whakaora i te tirohanga o ngā pēpi hou. I roto i ngā tekau tau, kua whānui ake tā mātou kaupapa ki te aro atu ki ngā momo take tirohanga a ngā tamariki, tae atu ki te tūranga o te tirohanga hauora i roto i te ako, ngā rerekētanga hauora me te urunga atu ki te tiaki i ngā taupori tokoiti, me te tautoko i te pūtea hei tautoko i ngā rangahau me ngā kaupapa," te kī a Jeff Todd, te perehitini me te Tumu Whakarae o Prevent Blindness.
I tāpiri atu a Todd, "Kei te tumanako atu mātou ki te tau 2022 me te Tau o te Tirohanga a ngā Tamariki, ā, kei te tono atu ki te hunga katoa e hiahia ana ki te tautoko i tēnei kaupapa nui kia whakapā mai ki a mātou i tēnei rā hei āwhina i a mātou ki te whakarato i tētahi heke mai kanapa mō ā mātou tamariki."