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IAPB Blog is home to ideas, policy positions, findings, and stories that provides the context for eye health policy and practice. The views, ideas, technologies or policy positions in these blog posts belong to the authors and do not necessarily describe IAPB's position or views on these matters.
Member Story

25.10.2022

25 Years of Tissue Donation in Germany – 15 Years of DGFG

Martin Börgel

  • corneal blindness,
  • corneal donation,
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gewebetransplantation,
  • Germany,
  • India
IAPB
UNGA

29.09.2022

IAPB calls for support for UN Special Envoy on Vision

Brooke Blanchard

  • Special Envoy on Vision,
  • Sustainable Development Goals,
  • UN resolution on vision
IAPB

28.09.2022

One Young World: A world where youthful ideas and innovations bloom

Junu Shrestha

  • One Young World,
  • Santen
Member Story
Women gather to examine the educational materials developed through community workshops as part of the “Empowering Women in Rural India by Debunking Feminine Eye Health Myths” project.

22.09.2022

Dismantling gender barriers to care

Colin Zak

  • Focus on Gender Equity,
  • gender equality,
  • Gender Equity,
  • Ghana,
  • India,
  • Operation Eyesight,
  • SDG,
  • Sustainable Development Goals
IAPB
Jess at pre-summit in Paris

22.09.2022

Overlooking the Obvious: A Call to Action

Brooke Blanchard

  • Focus on Child Eye Health,
  • School eye health,
  • Transforming Education Summit
IAPB
If you struggle to see, you struggle to learn

22.09.2022

The United Nation’s 2022 Transforming Education Summit

Brooke Blanchard

  • Focus on Child Eye Health,
  • School eye health,
  • Transforming Education Summit
IAPB
Dr Martinez in Mexico speaking at the event

19.09.2022

COLEGIO MEDICO DE OFTALMOLOGOS DEL ESTADO DE JALISCO

Luisa Casas Luque

  • Mexico
IAPB
Event

19.09.2022

COLOMBIAN FEDERATION OF OPTOMETRIST CONGRESS AUGUST 2022

Luisa Casas Luque

  • Colombia,
  • Gender Equity
Member Story
old lady

16.09.2022

Putting Communities First: Reflections on IAPB’s South East Asia Regional Meeting

Dr. Troy Cunningham

  • Global Eye Care,
  • IPEC,
  • partnership,
  • SDG,
  • Sustainable Development Goals,
  • WHO
IAPB
If you struggle to see, you struggle to learn

16.09.2022

Transforming Education – missing a critical piece

Jessica Thompson

  • Focus on Child Eye Health,
  • School eye health
Member Story
Smiling girl with her glasses

15.09.2022

Collaboration and sharing expertise – Meet our new member SeeYou Foundation

Maud Vermeulen

  • Cambodia,
  • Ethiopia,
  • Rwanda,
  • SeeYou Foundation