VISION
2020: The Right to Sight, a joint programme of IAPB and WHO, is a global initiative
to eliminate avoidable blindness. In order to provide an impetus to this programme,
IAPB seeks support from Individuals, NGOs, Institutions, Foundations and Ophthalmic
Societies around the world, working in the field of eye care and blindness prevention.
IAPB
is in the midst of a membership drive. VISION 2020 is quickly gathering momentum
and around the globe countries are developing and implementing blindness prevention
programmes. We have barely 15 years to meet our goal of controlling avoidable
blindness across the world. To achieve our goals we must all work together. There
is no better way of fostering cooperation than by becoming a member of IAPB.
In
the past two years IAPB has raised significant funding from several sources who
are excited about contributing to a truly global effort. None of this would have
happened if a number of NGOs did not make a commitment in the early days of VISION
2020. Their efforts are starting to pay off and now we can do even better with
more members.
Louis Pizzarello,
MD, MPH Secretary General, International Agency
for the Prevention of Blindness, IAPB Central Office, L V Prasad Eye Institute, L.V. Prasad
Marg, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad 500 034, INDIA
