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UK charity Vision for a Nation, which runs a ground-breaking national eye care programme in Rwanda, today announces that it has provided Peek Vision, the London based start-up, with accelerator funding of £50,000. Peek (Portable Eye Examination Kit) enables health workers to examine and diagnose eye diseases using a smartphone, which could potentially revolutionise the way eye care is delivered worldwide.
Prevent Blindness invites applications for the Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health. The Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health is presented annually to an individual, team, or organization that has made significant contributions to the advancement of public health related to vision and eye health at the community, state, and/or national level.
Sightsavers is seeking someone to start immediately in an exciting positon based in central London as a Project Coordinator working closely with the ICTC.
The SightFirst Advisory Committee has approved eight projects for SightFirst grants at their meeting this month. The approved projects are for hospital upgrades, capacity building and a National Onchocerciasis Control Program.
Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis (AOI) has started a new initiative, Research Capacity Building, to enhance research capacity in ophthalmic institutions of developing countries. To promote the initiative, AOI has compiled a directory of research and training resources offered by advanced institutions. Presently, the directory includes institutions represented by AOI members. This directory will be updated periodically with more information added in the future.
