According to WHO, blindness is defined as a visual acuity of the better eye, less than
Correct Answer: 3/60.
Description: Blindness
WHO has proposed a uniform criterion and defined blindness as "Visual acuity of less than 3/60 or its equivalent".
In the absence of appropriate vision charts, the WHO has now added the "inability to count fingers in daylight at a distance of 3 meters" to indicates less than 3/60 or its equivalent.
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