June 2, 2014

VISION 2020 Workshop 2014-19: Eastern Mediterranean Region

Tejah Balantrapu
Communications Manager
Organisation: IAPB

The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, in collaboration with the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness – Eastern Mediterranean Region (IAPB-EMR), IMPACT-EMR and Prevention of Blindness Union (PBU) organized a regional workshop on WHO Global Action Plan 2014-2019 ‘Towards Universal Eye Health’ and Child Eye Health, from 18 to 20 March 2014…

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April 15, 2014

ICO issues updated Diabetic Retinopathy Guidelines

Tejah Balantrapu
Communications Manager
Organisation: IAPB

The International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) has published updated ICO Guidelines for Diabetic Eye Care. The Guidelines provide recommendations for screening and evaluating people with diabetes for potentially blinding eye problems, and treating those with diabetic retinopathy and other ocular complications of diabetes. “The original ICO Guidelines, released in December 2013, were a technical consensus…

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April 2, 2014

Time to end the eye health ‘neglect’ in Europe

Tejah Balantrapu
Communications Manager
Organisation: IAPB

Luxemburg, 1st April 2014 – The European Coalition for Vision (ECV) (1) met today with the European Union (EU)’s Directorate General for Health and Consumers (DG SANCO) and EUROSTAT, the statistical office of the EU, to reiterate its call to European decision-makers to include eye health and vision in the European political agenda. Earlier this…

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January 22, 2014

The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust joins IAPB

Tejah Balantrapu
Communications Manager
Organisation: IAPB

he International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) is delighted to welcome The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust (the Trust) as its newest member. Four out of five visually impaired people are avoidably so. The Trust, established in 2012, is poised to play a major role in the elimination of avoidable blindness and visual…

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January 22, 2014

2013 Outstanding Humanitarian Service Award

Tejah Balantrapu
Communications Manager
Organisation: IAPB

Gullapalli N. Rao, MD, was nominated by The Cornea Society to receive the 2013 Outstanding Humanitarian Service Award at the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s (AAO) annual meeting.   Dr. Rao completed his ophthalmology residency at the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences, followed by a cornea fellowship at Tufts University. He then moved to…

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December 12, 2013

IAPB Highlights 2013

Tejah Balantrapu
Communications Manager
Organisation: IAPB

The IAPB Highlights 2013 provides you with an overview of achievements and activities IAPB and the membership have collectively brought about or contributed to over the past year. In his foreword to the publication, Bob McMullan, IAPB President, writes, “(2013) has seen some landmark achievements due to the outstanding work of member organisations, key individuals and IAPB…

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May 20, 2013

The L’OCCITANE Sight Award

Alessandro Di Capua

The L’OCCITANE Foundation is involved in two fields of action: the support for the visually impaired and the promotion of women’s entrepreneurship in Burkina Faso. With an average annual budget of €1,000,000, it supports every year around 15 projects.  Supporting the Visually Impaired As L’OCCITANE is a sensorial brand, its Foundation works with the senses…

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