The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) is an alliance of civil society organisations, corporates and professional bodies promoting eye health through advocacy, knowledge and partnerships.

Organisation: IAPB

The global health organization Helen Keller International has announced the appointment of Dr. Emmanuel d’Harcourt as its new Chief Program and Innovation Officer. Dr. d’Harcourt assumed the post on August 12, 2019 and is based in the organization’s New York headquarters. He succeeded Helen Keller International’s former Senior Vice President of Programs, Victoria Quinn, who…

Singapore Hosts Myopia Summit

Tejah Balantrapu

Communications Manager

Organisation: IAPB

Myopia is not a public health problem. Definitely not so, when the governments or health systems of the world are tackling so many conditions that end lives or cause severe morbidity. The Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) ran a two-day Myopia summit: “Controversies in Myopia”, to debate and discuss various aspects of the Myopia epidemic.…

August 27, 2019

WHO organises web consultations with non-State actors on their participation in WHO governance

IAPB

Organisation: IAPB

As part of the WHO reform processes, including the transformation agenda, the Member States are seeking ways to stimulate a more meaningful participation of non-State actors in official relations in governing bodies’ meetings. Within that process, the WHO Executive Board in its 145th meeting requested a web consultation with non-State actors to be organized to…

August 27, 2019

27th Annual VOSH Meeting: Confronting Humanitarian Imperatives and Efforts of Global Eye Care and Vision Crisis

Mel Muchnik

Communications/PR Chair

Organisation: VOSH/International

REGISTER NOW FOR THE VOSH EVENT OF THE YEAR IN ORLANDO FLORIDA INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION AT https://vosh.org/get-involved/annual-meetings/ With the American Academy of Optometrists 2019 Annual Meeting and the 3rd World Congress of Optometry joining together October 23-27 in Orlando, Florida, the VOSH/International Annual Meeting also comes to Orlando on October 27. The largest optometric all-volunteer…

August 27, 2019

Launching a new funding stream tackling visual impairment: The Indigo Trust

Matthew O'Reilly

Deputy Trust Executive

Organisation: Indigo Trust

The Indigo Trust is a UK-based grant-making foundation that is part of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts. Since Indigo’s founding almost 20 years ago, the Trust has awarded over £13 million in funding to a variety of causes in the UK and overseas. Projects supported by Indigo range from criminal justice issues in the UK…

August 27, 2019

Delivering high standard of ophthalmic patient care: King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital

Mohammed Al Ahmari

Associate Chief Patient Affairs Officer

Organisation: King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital

King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital is a leading hospital and center of excellence established under a royal decree from King Khaled bin Abdul-Aziz. Previous to our establishment, Saudi citizens were encountering many difficulties seeking ophthalmic care. They often traveled abroad to receive treatment. Since we opened in 1982, we have delivered high-quality care services to…

August 20, 2019

Optometry is leading the new future of eye health in Vietnam

IAPB

Organisation: IAPB

Press Release: Hanoi, Vietnam, 20 August 2019: Today marks an historic day for Hanoi Medical University (HMU) and its School of Optometry, as the first graduating class of optometrists complete their degree. The HMU cohort of 43 optometry graduates join their 12 newly qualified colleagues from the University of Medicine Pham Ngoc Thach (UPNT), in a…

August 19, 2019

Prevent Blindness launches Diabetes & The Eyes Educational Toolkit

IAPB

Organisation: IAPB

Prevent Blindness has released new FREE toolkit offering educational materials on diabetes and the impact of diabetes on eye health – available in both English and Spanish. This new toolkit includes Diabetes & the Eyes Educator Course was created for healthcare professionals, community health educators, diabetes educators, and anyone in a caregiving or diabetes education…

August 6, 2019

Poor eyesight and hearing loss costs billions in the UK

IAPB

Organisation: IAPB

UK’s first vision and hearing survey aims to capture vital data on UK issues A lack of accurate data is contributing to a £58billion bill for vision and hearing loss in the UK, according to a report published today that calls on the Government to support the first ever national survey of the UK population’s…

August 5, 2019

Finding Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of eye health in Nepal

Sailesh Kumar Mishra

IAPB-Country Chair Nepal and Executive Director

Organisation: Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh

In 2017, the Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh (NNJS) carried out a “knowledge, attitude and practice” national survey to understand the evolving demand for, and knowledge/attitudes for eye care in Nepal. A key aim for the survey was to assess, communicate and address eye health seeking behavior at the community level. Though Nepal is small in…

July 29, 2019

IAPB Africa: Making progress in the first half of 2019

Simon Day

Regional Programme Coordinator

Organisation: International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB)

The first six-months of 2019 has brought with it various positive developments in the region The first being the publications of the Core Competencies that we have really worked hard for. WHO Afro released the Core competencies for the Eye Health Workforce in the WHO African region in February. IAPB worked with WHO Afro since…

July 29, 2019

IAPB SEA Regional Planning Consultative Meeting: How far we’ve come and planning ahead

Yuddha Dhoj Sapkota

IAPB South East Asia Regional Coordinator

Organisation: IAPB

IAPB organized a South East Asia Regional consultative meeting on eye health on 29 and 30 June 2019. The main objectives of the meeting were: To produce a white paper in line with the goals and objectives of VISION 2020 and WHO GAP 2014-2019, on existing eye health status of each country in the region…

July 29, 2019

The Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology celebrates two milestones

Yuddha Dhoj Sapkota

IAPB South East Asia Regional Coordinator

Organisation: IAPB

The Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology (TIO), recently celebrated its 25th anniversary on 22nd June 2019. It also marked another milestone that day – the World Health Organization (WHO) has recognised TIO as a WHO Collaboration Centre of Ophthalmology. TIO is the first Institute in Nepal to receive this recognition in the field of ophthalmology. A…

July 19, 2019

Interactive workshop: “Leaving no-one behind: strengthening inclusion and equity in eye health”

IAPB

Organisation: IAPB

CBM and Sightsavers warmly welcome everyone to a free interactive workshop on “Leaving no-one behind: strengthening inclusion and equity in eye health” on 3-4 October, prior to IAPB Council of Members Meeting, in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. We will share evidence based background information and experience of making eye health services more inclusive and accessible for people…

July 18, 2019

Vacancy: Programme Director

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Organisation: IAPB

The Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand is looking for a Programme Director. Senior Leadership role based in Auckland and working across the Pacific Drive the strategy to eliminate avoidable blindness in the Pacific Central city location, great culture, health insurance and free gym. This is one of those rare opportunities for an exceptional leader looking to…

July 17, 2019

VISION 2020 India conference: fostering learning and networking in an enabling environment

IAPB

Organisation: IAPB

The 15th annual conference of VISION 2020: The Right to Sight – INDIA ‘Achieving Universal Eye Health for Everyone and Everywhere’ was convened on 8 & 9 June 2019 at Aravind Eye Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. More than 600 delegates from 18 states and 2 union territories across 115 organisations from India attended the…

New Chief Program and Innovation Officer appointed at Helen Keller International

Singapore Hosts Myopia Summit

WHO organises web consultations with non-State actors on their participation in WHO governance

27th Annual VOSH Meeting: Confronting Humanitarian Imperatives and Efforts of Global Eye Care and Vision Crisis

Launching a new funding stream tackling visual impairment: The Indigo Trust

Delivering high standard of ophthalmic patient care: King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital

Optometry is leading the new future of eye health in Vietnam

Prevent Blindness launches Diabetes & The Eyes Educational Toolkit

Poor eyesight and hearing loss costs billions in the UK

Finding Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of eye health in Nepal

IAPB Africa: Making progress in the first half of 2019

IAPB SEA Regional Planning Consultative Meeting: How far we’ve come and planning ahead

The Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology celebrates two milestones

Interactive workshop: “Leaving no-one behind: strengthening inclusion and equity in eye health”

Vacancy: Programme Director

VISION 2020 India conference: fostering learning and networking in an enabling environment

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