In recognition of Peter Ackland’s contribution to global eye health, his commitment to supporting the eye health leaders of the future, and his role as Founding Trustee of the Peek Vision Foundation, The Foundation has established a scholarship in his name. The scholarship will cover the fees, flights, visa and accommodation for one student to…
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The L’OCCITANE Foundation launches a call for projects to fight avoidable blindness and encourages L’OCCITANE’s offices worldwide to participate by identifying and supporting local organizations with eye care projects. THESE PROJECTS ARE CO-FINANCED BY L’OCCITANE’S LOCAL OFFICES AND BY THE FOUNDATION. THE FOUNDATION WILL DOUBLE* THE FUNDING GRANTED BY L’OCCITANE’S LOCAL OFFICES. Rules & eligibility…
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Vision Aid Overseas is looking to fill three trustees role. Trustee – Universities They are seeking a Trustee who is either working in or has recently worked in or with a University Department related to Optometry or Ophthalmology, and is enthusiastic to take forward our education and training work with Universities in Africa. Closing date:…
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This will be remembered as the year when the Korean members of IAPB joined the ranks of the regional leaders in eye health. Aside from Australia, Korea now has more members than any country in the Western Pacific; members who are active right across the region and beyond. World Report on Vision Launch in Seoul…
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Rewarding teaching role with an international and well-recognised NGO • Be part of a great team and help to eliminate avoidable blindness in Papua New Guinea The Fred Hollows Foundation PNG is recruiting to fill a newly established role of Fred Hollows Foundation NZ Ophthalmologist and Senior Lecturer (OST)…
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CHOGM 2020 will be held at the Kigali Convention Centre during the week starting 22 June. Leaders from all 53 Commonwealth countries are expected to attend. The theme for the meeting is ‘Delivering A Common Future: Connecting, Innovating, Transforming’ Visit Rwanda’s CHOGM Website
A big thank you to all who attended the IAPB Council of Members Session on The Africa Regional Plan. We had a full house and rich and fruitful engagement from all participants. The session covered the implementation of the IAPB Africa 2019-2022 Workplan and highlighted opportunities for member organisations to engage with it. When originally…
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2019 has been an incredibly active year for IAPB and the global eye care sector. Some of our highlights include: The first ever mention of eye health at the UN in the declaration on Universal Health Coverage adopted by the UN General Assembly in September, thanks to the unstinting efforts of the UN Friends of…
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JANUARY Growing Membership A long standing IAPB Group C member, OneSight, opted to become a Group B member. We also started 2019 by welcoming three new Group C members: Clearly, Global Vision 2020 and Hawaiian Eye Foundation. FEBRUARY Singapore announced as the venue for Global Assembly IAPB will be hosting its Global Assembly in Singapore with SERI from October 12-14, 2020.…
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The Council this year in Dar es Salaam brought together many strands of IAPB’s work. In the run-up to next year’s Global Assembly 2020, the Council showcased and discussed key themes that will light up our programme next year. Sessions covered a range of topics, including gender equity, climate-action, programme delivery, fundraising and Advocacy for…
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2019 has been the penultimate year for Seeing is Believing (SiB). The Seeing is Believing teams at both IAPB and at Standard Chartered are now focusing on preparing for a "neat and tidy" close-out of the whole programme with all our implementing partners by the end of 2020. To date, 24 of 60 Type 1…
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It has been a busy year for the IAPB advocacy team. There have been a number of exciting developments and a few important firsts for eye health. Here are our top three highlights from the year. Launch of the World Report on Vision and working towards a World Health Assembly Resolution The long anticipated World…
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The IAPB Standard List has a long- and well-established heritage of over 30 years from its inception as a booklet publication to a highly respected on-line resource with over 25,000 unique visitors annually. IAPB being a peak body global alliance with a growing membership of over 150 members representing 400,000 health workers globally is ideally…
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It was all about eye health at the UN during the week of 18 November. First, we launched the World Report on Vision at the UN on 19 November. This was the first in the series of launches of the World Report planned over the next 12 months. Over 60 Ambassadors, UN staff and civil…
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The year 2019 was crucial for our sector. It is the year before the end of the global campaign of IAPB and WHO Vision 2020 The Right to Sight. It is also the last year of WHO Global Action Plan 2014 – 2019. The Vision 2020 era is ending but our aspirations and global challenges…
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Looking back over 2019, it’s impossible not to also look ahead to 2020. The pivotal year that many of us have been working towards throughout our career in the eye health sector, is almost upon us. It’s only fitting that our members and stakeholders are keeping one eye on the future and that they expect…
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2019 has been a jam-packed year. We’ve had key launches (more on them below) of which the most notable for global eye health is the World Report on Vision. IAPB also returned to the African continent after the 10GA in Durban (in 2016) to Dar es Salaam for its Council. This was a very fruitful…
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When I haven’t travelled for about 3 months, I miss stepping over that little space between the jetway and the plane and soaring to my next challenge. Leaving 2019 and embarking on 2020 feels like that to me. Two decades have flown by since our meetings at WHO in 1999 to launch VISION2020/The Right to…
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The IAPB alliance is at a crossroads. Many major initiatives of the past are winding down, and we are putting together the framework for a bold and ambitious new future. During our Council of Members meetings this year in Dar es Salaam, I shook hands with representatives from two big, remarkable initiatives to tackle avoidable…
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A finales del siglo pasado numerosas advertencias de Organizaciones alertaron a nuestra Región sobre el crecimiento de Discapacidad Visual, y 2 respuestas memorables acontecieron: La primera fue la Convocatoria Continental al DIA D, Día para la Detección de la Retinopatía Diabética, exitosa por lograr el análisis de 7,715 pacientes con resultados que despertaron la necesidad…
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