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IAPB Young Systems Leader Awards

2030 In Sight is a systems change strategy. To achieve the goal of ending avoidable sight loss by 2030 and ensuring accessible and affordable services for everyone, everywhere, the eye health sector needs to work differently. We need to move away from vertical ways of working, siloed within health systems and not only integrate eyecare throughout health systems, but also demonstrate the role eye health has to play in other sectors and settings.

The IAPB Young Systems Leader awards seek to raise the profile of early-career eye health professionals who demonstrate an aptitude and motivation to drive a systems mindset through their work – whether through their organisation, peers, or own professional development.

Young Systems Leader Award Winners

After reviewing nominations from all over the world, 9 individuals were selected by the IAPB Regional Chairs and Executive Committee as IAPB Young Systems Leader Award Winners in 2024. All exceptional in their work and their commitment to eye health, the winners clearly demonstrated how they embraced new and different ways of working to drive progress.

The winners are:

Caio Abujamra
Caio Abujamra

CEO, Instituto Suel Abujamra, Brazil

Juania Auguste
Juania Auguste

National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness(CNPC) / Foundation for the Fight Against Glaucoma (FONHAG), Haiti

Punam Bhandari Karki
Punam Bhandari Karki

Country Director – Nepal, HCP Cure Blindness, Nepal

Arthur Brant
Arthur Brant

Founder, Africa Eye Imaging Centre, USA

Rosamond Gilden
Rosamond Gilden

DR-NET South Pacific Regional Coordinator, The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO), Australia

Belachew Paulos
Belachew Paulos

Country Director – Ethiopia, Vision Action, Ethiopia

Micaela Reis
Micaela Reis

Vice President, Associação de Profissionais Licenciados de Optometria, Portugal

Fatma Shakarchi
Fatma Shakarchi

MENA Representative on the Youth Advisory Group, Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, Iraq

Fatima Zehra
Fatima Zehra

Inclusive Eye health Programme Manager, LRBT, Pakistan

Young Systems Leader Award winners will participate in an award programme which includes complimentary registration to 2030 INSIGHT LIVE, Mexico and the pre-event meetings, a speaking or facilitating opportunity at the event speak, a pre-arranged networking meeting with a senior eye health professional at the event, a preparatory online workshop covering sessions with sector leaders on systems leadership, 2030 In Sight, public speaking, networking, and a post-event opinion piece published on the IAPB Knowledge Hub.