CARDINAL Santos Medical Center (CSMC) shed light on childhood myopia which has emerged as a significant public health concern during the Sight Saving Month in August.

The World Health Organization defines myopia as a refractive error in which rays of light entering the eye parallel to the optic axis are brought to focus in front of the retina, resulting in blurred images.

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