VISION 2020: The Right to Sight global initiative identified all of the following as priority diseases EXCEPT:

• A Cataract
• B Diabetic retinopathy ✓
• C Trachoma
• D Glaucoma

Explanation

The VISION 2020 initiative launched by WHO and IAPB in 1999 identified five priority diseases for global action: cataract, trachoma, onchocerciasis, vitamin A deficiency, and childhood blindness — plus refractive error and glaucoma as additional priorities in later phases. Diabetic retinopathy, though a major and growing cause of blindness especially in high-income countries, was not in the original core VISION 2020 priority disease list. It has gained increasing prominence in subsequent global plans but was not among the initial five.

Reference: Khurana Comprehensive Ophthalmology, 7th ed.

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