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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.
The refractionist is helping group of elders for visual check in Social protection center in Hanoi where the homeless elders are living.

13.04.2021

Joint National Groups launch CEEHAT

Drew Keys

  • Cambodia,
  • IAPB West Pac newsletter April 2021,
  • Laos,
  • The Fred Hollows Foundation,
  • Vietnam
Daniel doing an eye exam

23.03.2021

World Optometry Day: The Evolution of Optometry

J. Daniel Twelker, OD

  • Optometry,
  • VOSH International,
  • World Optometry Day,
  • World Optometry Day 2021

23.03.2021

Myopia a Public Health Challenge that demands Optometry’s leadership

Kovin Naidoo

  • Myopia,
  • Optometry,
  • World Optometry Day,
  • World Optometry Day 2021
Eye exam in school

23.03.2021

Challenges and Opportunities for global optometry in the next decade

Priya Morjaria

  • Optometry,
  • The Lancet Global Commission on Global Eye Health,
  • World Optometry Day,
  • World Optometry Day 2021
Steven Reed

22.03.2021

Seeing a Brighter Future for Optometry

Steven T. Reed

  • COVID-19,
  • Optometry,
  • World Optometry Day,
  • World Optometry Day 2021
exam

22.03.2021

Serving the visual needs of persons with intellectual disabilities

Sandra Block

  • Disability,
  • Optometry,
  • World Optometry Day,
  • World Optometry Day 2021

22.03.2021

Optometry delivering IPEC in Uganda

Naomi Nsubuga

  • Optometry,
  • Uganda,
  • World Optometry Day,
  • World Optometry Day 2021
A child

22.03.2021

Hyperopia, a Catalyst to School Dropouts – Can we do Better?

George Moyo

  • Optometry,
  • World Optometry Day,
  • World Optometry Day 2021
Eye exam

16.03.2021

Women healthcare providers & uptake of primary eye care services: A healthcare intervention

Prem Kumar SG / Asitkumar Jadhav / Elizabeth Kurian

  • Gender Equity,
  • India,
  • Mission For Vision
Panel

16.03.2021

Jennifer Gersbeck & Dr Jane Goodall for IWD2021

Drew Keys /

Jennifer Gersbeck, Gender Equity Working Group Co-Chair and Director of Global Partnerships and Advocacy at the Fred Hollows Foundation, presented as part of an eminent panel which included Dr Jane Goodall and Jessica Smith OAM.

  • Gender Equity,
  • International Women's Day,
  • International Women's Day 2021

15.03.2021

Good eye care unlocks pathways to leadership for women and girls

Jude Stern / Anthea Burnett /

  • Gender Equity,
  • International Women's Day,
  • International Women's Day 2021
Gender disparity in eye health leadership

15.03.2021

Challenging representation in eye health leadership

Jacqueline Ramke / Anthea Burnett / Jude Stern

  • Gender Equity,
  • International Women's Day,
  • International Women's Day 2021