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Free eye care services help 20,000 people in Tanzania
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Major research underway into avoidable blindness in the occupied Palestinian territories
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Fighting an epidemic in the Pacific Islands: PNG
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Dr Akio Kanai, Recipient of the Brien Holden Humanitarian Award
Guidelines for Myopia Management
LCIF Supports New Study in Bhutan
Webinar: Primary Eye Care Training Manual
IAPB Committee and Work Group meetings 2018
Training and Equipping Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people to tackle threat of DR
WHO-LVPEI Workshop on Patient Safety and Improved Treatment Outcomes
Vacancy: Campaign Manager for Our Children’s Vision (UK)
Health promotion in schools improves eye health literacy in children - research study
Australian government extends programme addressing DR in Indigenous population
Saying Goodbye – Changes at IAPB
John Trevelyan Retires
IAPB Members celebrate their first anniversary with us
Pioneering Community-Based Ivermectin Distribution in Cameroon
ATscale: A Global Partnership for Assistive Technology launched
New research reveals glasses boost worker productivity
Editorial: Boletín Trimestral Latinoamérica Julio 2018
Nuestra Historia y Logros en el Servicio a la Comunidad
Testimonio del papel ideal que debe jugar un líder en funciones en una Sociedad Oftalmológica Nacional
Cómo esta enfrentando Chile la Retinopatía Diabética, un referente para América Latina
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CBM y El Programa Visión Inician un Trabajo de Impacto en la Prevalencia de Ceguera En Bolivia
Resumen de lo importante en ARVO 2018
Una estrategia accesible en el contacto de Primera Vez por el Optometrista para detectar Retinopatía Diabética
Reunión del Barómetro en la Ciudad de México Abril 2018
Acciones del psicólogo en la atención multidisciplinaria del adulto con discapacidad visual
Noticias Regionales e Internacionales
Report Highlights Eye Health Concerns of Rohingya Refugees
IAPB WPR Focus: Editorial July 2018
Designing a blindness survey for Afghanistan - RAAB in Kabul
He Group Launch County-level Mode to Eliminate Avoidable Blindness
Dr. David Heiden, Seva Foundation Partner, recipient of AAO Humanitarian Service Award
PEEK App Boosts Eye Health Among Children
New Leadership at the Brien Holden Vision Institute
Australian government funds new National Diabetes Eye Screening Programme
Bringing Lessons from the Blue Continent to Europe
Korean Startups innovate with braille technology & diagnostic tools
RANZCO elects Dr Heather Mack as first female President
Inaugural Meeting of the ECSA-HC Experts Committee on Eye Health
An Eye Care Newsletter for South East Asia
Björn Stenvers appointed as Eye Care Foundation's CEO
RAAB in Inhambane, Mozambique
#EyeCareEverywhere Photo Competition 2018 is live!
WHO Afro releases Primary Eye Care Training Manual
Nominations open for Her Abilities - an award honouring women with disabilities
WHO's Weekly Epidemiological Record shows reduction in trachoma prevalence
Eye Bank of Ethiopia Celebrates 15 Years of Service
How To Videos on the IAPB Vision Atlas
A Road map of Indonesia's visual impairment control programme
VISION 2020 Australia appoints new CEO
Eye Banking: SightLife's Best Practices Guide
The IAPB Gender Equity Work Group's first meeting
Seva Canada's new Gender and Blindness booklet
The Australian College of Optometry: Focusing on the disadvantaged
Kellogg-led ophthalmology resident programme grows in Ethiopia
Book: Arthur Ferguson MacCallan Biography
ODI: Leaving No-one Behind in Access to Vision
Knowledge (July 2018)
Nursing Now
Collective Efforts: Zanzibar's Universal Pension Scheme and HelpAge Int
Training Opportunities (June 2018)
The Effectiveness of Glasses in Rural Burkina Faso
The 71st World Health Assembly: a new Strategy and a cross-roads for eye health
Bhutan meets the WHO Global Action Plan target on blindness reduction
African Ophthalmology Council Has New Staff
Arclight Tandem Africa
Towards A Common Future
The COECSA/WACS Sub-Specialist Fellowship Development Workshop
New smartphone app aims to improve cataract surgical outcomes
Comprehensive School Eye Health Programmes: A Unique Opportunity
Global eyecare community unveil agreement for use of eye tissue
IAPB Africa Editorial: Ophthalmic Nurses and Nursing Now
Ghana eliminates Trachoma
Community Eye Health Journals seeks Volunteer Translators
Order of Australia medal for Professor Graeme Pollock
Eye Health in A Crisis: Rohingya Refugee Camp Need Analysis
Eye care delivery and environmental impact workshop at Aravind
China National Sight Day – thanks Big Eye and all Participants
IAPB Members and Friends Supporting Eye Health in China
Celebrating China National Sight Day, June 6, 2018
2018 ISGEO Congress to be held in Hyderabad, India
A Walk in the Park with Shanghai Eye Disease Prevention and Treatment Centre
Vacancy: Country Director; Ghana (VAO)
China National Sight Day: Kids Get Active
PwC and Trust Report Showcase Eye Health Investment Benefits
Successful April 2018 MDA for onchocerciasis elimination in Yemen
Nepal eliminates trachoma: the backstory
Ocular Prosthesis Workshop at Susrut Eye Foundation
China National Sight Day: one day to go
Forging New Partnerships on the Silk Road
2018 Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award – Call for Nominations
2018 Focus on Eye Health National Summit
Dr. Bo Wiafe retires from Operation Eyesight Universal
China National Sight Day is on Wed, June 6th
China National Sight Day 2018
Vacancy: Group Operations & Senior Projects Manager (Maternity Cover)
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A Plan for the future
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Nepal Eliminates Trachoma
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Cybersight: Una plataforma utilizable para compartir educación y cómo hacerlo
Lo que falta por hacer en cirugía de catarata
Programa Para Detección De Pacientes Con Retinopatía Diabética Mediante De Un Programa De Screening En Telemedicina
Primer Curso Internacional De Salud Visual Veracruz 2018
Entrevistas con Jaime Soria Viteri
Alianza Estrategica Entre OPS/PAAO/IAPB Para La Lucha Contra La Limitación Visual
Reporte Cartagena
Congreso Mundial de Retinopatía del Prematuro
Editorial: Boletín Trimestral VISIÓN 2020 Latinoamérica
Changing the Way the World Sees
Redefining Nursing in Life and in Death
Day in the life of a Nurse Manager
Nursing within International Development Programmes
Ophthalmic Nurses in extended Practice
The Role of an Ophthalmic Nurses Association
140 Countries Represented at WOC2018
School Eye Health Guidelines
Webinar: Nurses, the Untapped Resource
International Nursing Programmes in Iran
Haiti's First Optometry School Opens
IAPB Board of Trustees 2018 – A Round Up
Promoting the Rights of Assistance Dog Users
Al Basar Marks 25 Years in Sudan
Commonwealth Commits to Bring Sight to Millions
New funding could save millions of people from blindness
Members Mark World Health Day 2018
World Health Day 2018: Health for All
Investing in Human Resources for Eye Health to Achieve Health for All
Universal eye care – out of pocket costs and the role of public financing
Disaggregating Data for Universal Health Coverage
Noor Dubai Launches Annual Report 2017
US National Eye Institute celebrates 50th Anniversary
VISION 2020: The Right to Sight – INDIA’s 14th Annual Conference
Save the date: 3rd Asia Pacific Tele-Ophthalmology Society (APTOS) Symposium
Addenbrooke’s Abroad becomes Cambridge Global Health Partnerships
Eye Health in Palestine: St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital
Celebrating International Days in March 2018
Validating the WHO Regional Core Competencies in IAPB Africa
Data collection in IAPB SEA in 2018
Developing a strategy for IAPB Western Pacific in 2018
IAPB's New CEO: Peter Holland
Diabetes Eye Health: Get in touch!
VAO hosts call to action event at House of Commons, London
Changing the way optometrists think about myopia
The need for evidence in Optometry
Suzanna is able to sew again
Optometry and Ophthalmology: Collaborating for Success
Ensuring that everyone has access to eye care
Treatment stopped for river blindness in 2 Nigerian states
Prevent Blindness Appoints Jeff Todd as New President and Chief Executive Officer
Vision Aid Overseas looking for Trustees
Pacific National Eye Health Coordinator’s Workshop
Stakeholders Coordinate in Laos
Graeme Nicholls leaves with big shoes to fill
Glaucoma awareness and treatment in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Health Financing “101”
20,000 Cataract Surgeries by 2020 – PNG
Jobs: Projects & Finance Manager (London)
Challenges in preventing blindness and visual impairment from glaucoma in Trinidad and Tobago
$1bn Vision Catalyst Fund to be established for populations across the Commonwealth
Light for the World announces Her Abilities Award
Approved SightFirst Grants January 2018
Jobs: Project Administrator (LSHTM)
Seva Canada launches Equal Right to Sight
IAPB Italy promotes World Glaucoma Week 2018
Global Blindness Course to be available in French
Opening eyes to better opportunities for women
Women in Eyecare: Taking the Lead in PNG
Achieving Gender Equity
Eyecare in China: A Woman's Insight
Environmental Sustainability Masterclass at WOC 2018
International Eye Health Course at ICEH
VFAN wins 2018 Bond Innovation Award
2018 Jenny Pomeroy Award Recipient
Community eye clinic workshop project aims to reduce avoidable blindness in Uganda
Curso Baja Vision Cadivi MEXICO
Together We Can – Cataract Mission in Botswana
The next General Assembly--is closer than you think!
“Without this journal, I am in utter darkness.”
Have your say on the World Report on Vision
Jobs: Consultant Ophthalmologist (Burkina Faso)
XXV Regional PAAO - Curso Regional Panamericano de Oftalmologia
First International Visual Health Conference in Mexico
Programme to prevent childhood blindness launched in Nigeria
Low Vision Training Course
Our Children’s Vision - Global partners gather in Sri Lanka
Online course on Global Disability and Health due to launch soon!
Visual Rehabilitation - an integral part of eye care
Welcoming 2018 at Seeing is Believing
Jobs: Workforce & Academic Manager (Auckland)
Ten eye clinics established in Soweto and surrounding areas in SA
Optometry Giving Sight to merge with Brien Holden Vision Institute Foundation
World Sight Day 2017 Activities Report is live
American Foundation for the Blind Names 2018 Migel Medal Recipients
Gender Equity Work Group established
IAPB Vision Atlas: An Update
Vision for a Nation Foundation Seeks New Trustees
Fundraising for RAABs
Achieving Universal Health Coverage - how the global trachoma elimination programme is taking us a step closer
Jobs: The Fred Hollows Foundation
Call for Projects by L'OCCITANE Foundation
Submissions open for the Holman Prize
Course: Management Training and Systems Development for Eye Hospital Admins/Managers
2018 Study Grant for Spec. Cert in Eye Banking course
World Braille Day 2018
The Bhutan mRAAB Survey Begins
Happy 25th Birthday Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand
4th Annual Conference of Cambodian Ophthalmological Society
Walking the Walk - Human Resources for Health on UHC Day
Universal Health Coverage: The need to engage as the eye health sector
Celebrating Universal Health Coverage Day 2017 – rising for the right to health of all people
LSHTM to lead research project for trachoma elimination
A call for integrated care for diabetes and eye health
Pediatric Optometry Workshop at Susrut Eye Foundation & Research Centre
IAPB Vision Atlas Book Published
Double Celebration in Hanoi
The importance of Inclusive Eye Health
Dr Nag Rao Admitted to The Order of The Star of Africa
Public Health and Ophthalmology Share the Stage at Shanghai Gong-Ji Forum
2018 António Champalimaud Vision Award
OEU Investigates Eye Health in Maldives, Sri Lanka
Born Too Soon
New Fund to Eliminate Onchocerciasis
ROP in India: Change Is On the Horizon
Today is World Prematurity Day : VISION 2020 Workshops and ROP
Working to tackle ROP in Eastern Europe
Integrating ROP into neonatal care
VISION 2020 Workshops and IAPB LA Positions to End
Opening the eyes of eye care practitioners to prevent blindness in premature babies
Edgerton pushes for end to avoidable blindness for Fred Hollows Foundation
A New CEO for IAPB
Jobs: Clinical Quality Assurance Coordinator (New Zealand)
Zika and blindness
Vacancies: Light for the World (Burkina Faso)
The benefits of taking ICEH Open Courses
Francophone Countries Team Up To Eliminate Trachoma
Save the Date: Tele-Ophthalmology and AI Conference 2018
The 20th Anniversary of Caritas Takeo Eye Hospital, Cambodia
Goroka Eye Clinic Operating Theatre Launch
World Sight Day 2017: Cambodia
The Future Of Eye Care In A Changing World--Call For Papers
Kicking off the environmental sustainability workgroup
3 nurses, 1 walk and a global need for ophthalmic nurse resources
Strategising to strengthen HReH in Latin America
Learning to improve treatment of ROP in Russia
Botswana commits to provide eye screenings to all school children
IAPB Vacancy: Finance Manager
Jobs: Director of Finance & Administration (UK)
#MakeVisionCount Photo Competition winners announced
WBU statement for White Cane Safety
Standard Chartered and Liverpool FC partner to tackle avoidable blindness
Eye health and the environment – why sustainability and inclusivity go hand in hand
Eye Inspire: A New Interview Series
Vision Atlas: Shanghai Eye Disease Treatment and Prevention Centre Highlights Myopia
Fiji, PNG and Tonga launch Vision Atlas
Australians encouraged to think of their sight on World Sight Day
“Avoidable Blindness” Set to Increase in Future
Tomorrow is World Sight Day!
Vision Aid Overseas to expand its Ghana programme
IAPB Vision Atlas: Key Messages
Noor Dubai Foundation to hold Art 4 Sight auction
Launch of Vision UK underway
Dr Sheila West, International Blindness Prevention recipient
Peter Ackland To Step Down
Eye Health Heroes collect their awards
Noor Dubai Foundation completes 7 years
South East Asia Day at CoM
IAPB welcomes two new members from South-East Asia
The Fred Hollows Foundation appoints new CEO
Yetnebersh Nigussie, receives 2017 ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ Right Livelihood Award
Dr Cohn, recipient of AAO Humanitarian Service Award
World Sight Day to be celebrated in 100 Italian cities
Call for Nominations for Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health
Cambodia and the Lao People's Democratic Republic eliminate trachoma
Attending the First National Eye Health Conference in China
LVPEI Institution named after Brien Holden
The ICO completes 160 years
Community Eye Health Courses: LVPEI 2017
Former President of Nepal to be Chief Guest at CoM
CBM and Sightsavers awarded António Champalimaud Vision Award
The vision of 18 million children
Free online course on Eliminating Trachoma
The Fred Hollows Foundation celebrates 25 years
WCO announces International Optometry Award Winners
Eye Care Working Group, Vietnam
PacEyes Bi-Annual Conference
IAPB WPR Chair: Amanda Davis
IAPB WPR Coordinator: Drew Keys
Dr Andreas Mueller returns to support WHO WPRO
New Myopia Calculator for Practitioners
Approved SightFirst Grants August 2017
Building alliances for eye health in Liberia
Abstract Submissions open for WOC 2018
CBM to partner with Peek Vision
Vacancies : EYElliance
Supporting eye health – a mid-year review
Project to tackle Trachoma in Pakistan
Vacancies: International Blind Sports Federation
Cataract and Mental Health
Vacancies: Vision for a Nation Foundation (London)
Meeting Communities as they are on Indigenous Peoples Day
My Involvement in Aboriginal Vision Programmes
Closing the gap in Indigenous Eye Health in Australia
Vision Aid Overseas World Sight Day Campaign
Rotary Partners with IAPB Members to Prevent Eye Disease
Vision for Nation screens 2 million in Rwanda
VLEG Data–Frequently Asked Questions
Latest Global Blindness & VI prevalence figures published in Lancet
Closing a SiB Project in Viet Nam
Bringing eye health to the Isoka district, Zambia
First Optometry School to be established in Haiti
The Commonwealth’s policy brief on the control of avoidable blindness and vision loss
Advocating for eye health - An update from IAPB Latin America
Developing eye health competencies - An update from IAPB Africa
The road-map towards the Global Action Plan - An update from IAPB South-East Asia
IAPB welcomes new members
Fast Start
New SiB ambassador debuts at Standard Chartered Great City
PRISM: Measuring the impact of Cataract Surgery
IAPB and PAHO to hold workshop on Universal Eye Care
Seeing is Believing launches Phase 3 Innovation Fund
Tenk Yu Tru: RAAB Results Presented in Papua New Guinea
LSHTM looking for a Project Coordinator
Ellis Potter, Recipient of Brien Holden Humanitarian Award
85 million people treated for trachoma through expanded access to medicine
Bid to win Seeing is Believing-Liverpool Football Cup (LFC) shirt
Tracking progress on the World Report on Vision
Record-breaking numbers of surgeries and drug distributions result in trachoma decline
Grants for new Online Eye Banking Course
Save the date: IAPB Vision Atlas
Vision Aid Overseas launches urgent Appeal for Ethiopia
Future SiB Newsletter Webinars
Academy Award for Optometry School Development to Luigi Bilotto
Child Sight in Vietnam
How to participate in the #MakeVisionCount Photo Competition
Orbis Africa hiring Director of Programme
WBU CEO Position: Apply Now
Management Training by Aravind
Mubende Comprehensive Eye Health project launched in Uganda
Charting the World Report on Vision
World Health Assembly: A Side-Event, and a Call for a New Report
ICTC elects a new Vice-Chair
VISION 2020 Australia plans second National Eye Health Survey
Improving Infant Care
VISION 2020 INDIA elects a new Board
#StrongerTogether Photo Story: Peter Datjin Burarrwanga
Dissolution of VISION 2020 UK
Improving the lives of disadvantaged communities in rural Southern Ethiopia
Trust expands Trachoma Initiative in Uganda
SiB Webinars - Sustainability
Prevent Blindness announces the recipient of its 2017 Joanne Angle Investigator Award
Developing Child Eye Health Services
VISION 2020 UK Chief Executive steps down
Optometry practice pledges 1% of weekly sales to Vision Aid Overseas
ICO Staff Leadership Changes
LSHTM looking for a Project Administrator
World Council of Optometry invites nominations for three awards
The Mectizan Donation Program welcomes new Deputy Director, Dr. Pascal Lutumba
Focus On: L’OCCITANE Foundation
Focus On: Operation Eyesight Universal
Africa Day: Training Specialists to Treat Cataract Blindness
Africa Day : The Remoteness of Eye Health in Ethiopia
Focus On : Brien Holden Vision Institute
Africa Day: Mass Drug Administration in Darfur to combat blinding trachoma
Review of ICTC programmes highlights significant results
Focus On: The Norwegian Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted (NABP)
Africa Day : Improving Primary Eye Care in Rwanda
Africa Day: Supporting Advocacy Efforts through Research in Africa
Africa Day: Let’s celebrate the Africans who are dedicated to Eye Care
Africa Day: Bringing sight to Africa
Orbis becomes a voice for eye health in global surgical alliance
The Fred Hollows Foundation treats a record one million as their CEO steps down
My experience working for a charity for the deafblind
Focus on Eye Health: National Summit
Braille, books and me
WHA70 Member State Side Event: Towards Universal Eye Health
Free Online Self-Directed Diabetic Retinopathy Grading Course now available in Farsi
Ending the book famine : The Marrakesh Treaty
IAPB Africa: An Update and an Annual Review
Millennials Work to Heal Blindness
IAPB Europe Chair attending XV Congress of the Black Sea Ophthalmological Society
Ophthalmic Nursing: Importance and Challenges
Celebrating International Nurses Day
Developing Competent Allied Ophthalmic Personnel
Merck donates $300,000 to support Neglected Tropical Disease Elimination efforts in Africa
National Eye Health Planning underway in Moldova
Latest vision estimates at ARVO 2017
Building Human Resource Strategy for Eye Health in PNG
Subscribe to Community Eye Health Journal (South Asia edition)
VFAN welcomes Tony Hulton as interim Chief Executive
Exhibition and Sponsorship Opportunity at Council of Members
2017 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health recipient
CNIB launches Guide Dog Training Programme
In Remembrance: Kathleen Miller, ICO Executive Director
Saudi Ophthalmology Award to Kovin Naidoo for work in Childhood Blindness and Cataract
Specsavers helps screen over 115, 000 patients across Zambia in 3 years
Call to Invest in Disability-Inclusive Education
Protecting your Eyes at Work
VFAN Chief Executive makes way for next phase Leadership
SiB Webinars--April 2017
Training guide dogs
The Trust and the Public Health Foundation of India launch ROP Initiative in Maharashtra
Australian Government funds initiative to increase eye health access for indigenous Australians
VISION 2020 UK launches Welsh Pathway for Children and Young People
Dr Van Lansingh to receive the 2017 Benjamin F. Boyd Humanitarian Award
New Fundraising and Membership Officer at IAPB
IAPB Vision Atlas 2017: Call for case studies
WHO Global Health Observatory adds CSC and eCSC
#StrongerTogether Photo Story: Mothers and Children of Cataract
UK to protect 200 million people from tropical diseases
10GA Videos: Symposia
500 Cities Initiative - Vision & Eye Health Community Response
Applications open for new Online Graduate Certificate in Eye Banking
2017 Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award - Call for Nominations
Depression and Diabetic Eye Diseases: We can break the cycle
“It’s not me!” A story about Depression and Eye Health
No eye health without mental health: The future of person-centred eye care
Depression is an important consideration in eye care
Depression and Blindness - Experiences from the field
World Sight Day 2017
ICEH looking for a Learning Technologist
Myanmar launches National Eye Health Plan
SAARC Academy of Ophthalmology Congress in Kathmandu
SiB Webinar - South East Asia & Western Pacific Regions
SiB Webinars - Africa Region April 2017
BCPB Grants 2017
SEED and the Brien Holden Vision Institute collaborate on new contact lens technology
Free online course on eliminating Trachoma
Eritrea and Mozambique sign the Commitment to promote UEH and eliminate blinding NTDs
Help support translation of CEHJ text for Opthalmic Nurses
IAPB Strategy: where we’re at
World Optometry Day
Optometry - more than just eye care
IAPB Position Papers on Spectacles (readymade, adaptable and recycled)
Let’s meet: World Congress of Optometry
Optometry is compassion
World Water Day
Kasungu goes trachoma-free
Let’s provide SAFE water
This World Water Day, let’s scale up sustainable trachoma elimination efforts
Low Vision Curriculum
Gender and Eye Health: Case studies needed
Priorities for glaucoma care in Sub-Saharan Africa
Low Vision Curriculum
IAPB Italy marks World Glaucoma Week
Glaucoma's Future in Asia
Magnitude of Glaucoma- the Rationale for Glaucoma Training
Vision Aid Overseas DFID funded programme in Ethiopia brings eye care to over 184,000 people
CBM trial aims to improve glaucoma treatment in Africa
My challenges managing glaucoma in sub Saharan Africa
World Glaucoma Week
A review of eye care service delivery in SEA Region
Advocating integrated workforce planning in Africa
International Women's Day
Gender and equitable access: my experiences
Gender barriers in Africa
Job listing: Regional Programme Manager - WPR
Women in eye care: my journey
Innovative solutions for eye care for women in Bangladesh
Better data, better planning
Timor-Leste gets fresh data on blindness and visual impairment
Press Release: UK Sight Charity Helps Over 1 Million People in Rwanda
New Paper Looks at Effectiveness of Cataract Surgery in 20 Countries
Applications open for the 37th Low Vision Awareness Programme
ICEH course on International Eye Health
#StrongerTogether Photo Story: Jeffrey van Haastrecht
LCIF looking for a SightFirst Technical Advisor (TA) for Africa
Trachoma in the Western Pacific – end in sight
Online international course for Eye Bankers
VFAN raises funds to provide 200,000 pairs of glasses
Brien Holden Vision Institute partners with VFAN in Ghana
Uganda Gets a New SiB Project
Comprehensive Child Eye Health in Nigeria
Free Online Course on Global blindness from ICEH
Call for Abstracts for the 2nd World Congress of Optometry
IAPB releases Spectacle Coverage Report
NIH Genetics Training programme for LMIC Ophthalmologists
January 2017 SiB Newsletter
G.N. Rao to be inducted into Ophthalmology Hall of Fame
Applications for MSc Public Health for eye care at LSHTM
The challenges for Africa
Long-term Strategy for Blindness Prevention endorsed by Vietnam PM
Jobs: Fundraising Officer
Lions/PAAO Award in Blindness Prevention to Recognize Excellence
Ethiopia signs the Commitment to promote UEH and eliminate blinding NTDs
10 things I’ve learnt from arranging my 1st Webinars for Seeing is Believing
2017 Joanne Angle Investigator Award - a research grant by Prevent Blindness
Press Release: The importance of Braille Literacy
China: 5-year National Plan for Eye Health adopted
Vietnam: Cataract blindness still a major health problem
Applying AI to help the Visually Impaired
Deadline Extension for 2017 LCIF SightFirst Research Grants
Celebrating the achievements of the East Africa Child Eye Health programme in Uganda
Essential Medicines for UHC
IAPB calls for proposals to appoint 11GA's PCO
CBM launches book “Inclusion Counts : The Economic Case for Disability-Inclusive Development”
Clearly Vision Prize Awardees
PNG’s Eye Health Heroes
Dr Van Lansingh wins International Blindness Prevention Award 2016
Value for Money of Disability Inclusive Development
2017 António Champalimaud Vision Award
Vision For a Nation receives funding from USAID
Call for Nominations for the Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health
Seeing is Believing Delegates at 10GA
Welcoming the new IAPB Board and farewells
Memories from 10GA
The British Council for Prevention of Blindness seeks UK-based trustee
Morocco eliminates Trachoma
ICO launches 2017 Guidelines for Diabetic Eye Care
Landmark study reveals adults with Diabetes at unnecessary risk of vision loss
Celebrating Eye Health Heroes
Grant Opportunity Announcement for USAID's Child Blindness Program
#StrongerTogether Photo Competition Winners and Runners-Up
#StrongerTogether Photo Competition winners announced
Committing to Universal Eye Health
IAPB Awards honour collaboration and contributions to eye care
IAPB Vision Atlas to be launched at 10GA
Peruvian National Eye Institute named after Dr. Francisco Contreras Campos
VISION 2020 UK launches Starting Point - first steps for families of vision impaired children
VISION 2020: The Right to Sight – India celebrates World Sight Day
River Blindness Eliminated in Guatemala
Major League Baseball Players Trust and Our Children’s Vision Take Aim at Avoidable Blindness
Sight: The Story of Vision - First Film Color-Adapted for the Color Blind
Bid on the Mascot Package for Liverpool FC to raise funds for SiB
Vision for a Nation Foundation Chief Executive wins Top Charity Award
Candidates for the IAPB Board announced
LIGHT FOR THE WORLD looking for Programme Development Officer
The Seva Foundation seeks new Executive Director
Community Eye Health Courses by LV Prasad Eye Institute
The Clearly campaign: why new technology will help the whole world to see
Optometry Giving Sight leads coalition in support of World Sight Day Challenge
Focus Initiative Webinar by Prevent Blindness
Project Admin and Manager position open at PHFI India
Watch Liverpool FC train to raise funds for Seeing is Believing
Head of Finance Maternity cover
MDP announces new Director
Registrations open for WOC2018 in Barcelona
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Launches Priority Assistive Products List
Optometry Giving Sight History
Kids See: Success Initiative
Seeing is Believing (SiB) announces funding for Kenya and China
Study Finds Vision Loss Due to Diabetes is Rising Globally
Engaging the Private Sector: Everyone’s Business
Call for Projects by L'OCCITANE Foundation
Orbis and He Eye Hospital partner in Shenyang, China
Call for Papers: Ophthalmic Epidemiology
VISION 2020 India’s Action Plan for Arunachal Pradesh state
Expanding Access to Universal Eye Care Across Five Provinces in Cambodia
Online course on eliminating Trachoma
Rapid Assessment of Blindness survey: Timor-Leste
"Eliminating Trachoma: Accelerating Towards 2020” launched
Prevent Blindness launches new initiative
Marrakesh Treaty reaches 20 ratifications needed to enter into force
James Chen Introduces Clearly – a global campaign to help the world to see
Orbis looking for Consultant for Evaluation of Capacity Building Programme
Nominations open for the IAPB Board
HelpMeSee in Top 10 Most Innovative Charities at Classy Awards
New report on socio-economic benefits of investing in eyeglasses
Vale Kazuichi Konyama
Our Children’s Vision: a call to action for child eye care
Clearly Vision Prize calling for innovations in eye care
Pioneering Research in Rwanda’s National Eye Care Services launched
UK Charity Awards 2016 awards top prize to VFAN
#StrongerTogether Photo Competition launched
Nominees for IAPB Officers Announced
SiB Webinars: Africa Region
Focus on Eye Health: National Summit
Maldives Dissemination Workshop
Financing for universal eye health: 8 Reflections on UHC
The ICO publishes paper for global ban on consumer fireworks
International Workshop on Cataract Prevention and Treatment
Attention to eye care as ageing strategy aims to maximise health and well-being of older persons
Head of Dept. Ophthalmology vacancy at CCBRT
IAPB Regional Chair Nominees finalised
Vision for a Nation Shortlisted for the UK Charity Awards 2016
Sri Lanka releases latest Blindness Survey data
BCPB Grants 2016
Eye Fund 2: interested?
Primary Eye Care: The Rwanda Model
CCBRT looking for a Paediatric Ophthalmologist
Nominations announced for IAPB Regional Chairs
Why So Many Children Around The World Could Go Blind
Vision 2020 Australia’s advocacy in an election year
Seeing is Believing grants encourage innovators to see things differently
Our Children’s Vision launches to combat health crisis
Request for Proposals to Host 11th General Assembly in 2020
IAPB Member Survey: We Asked You Said
Let us all #PledgeForParity
IAPB and L’OCCITANE Foundation announce ‘Eye Health Heroes’ 2016
Regional Chairs: Women onboard?
Access to online services: 20 European NGOs tell EU ministers ‘no one should be left behind’
Nominations open for IAPB Regional Chairs
ICO learning document on Uncorrected Refractive Error
Take the survey on 'Sustainability' in eye care
LCIF looking for a Regional Program Specialist
What a difference a GAP makes
ICO Issues Guidelines for Glaucoma Eye Care
The Miami Declaration
The Maldives' first RAAB—aided by smartphones!
The L'OCCITANE Sight Awards 2016
The Mectizan Donation Program joins 10GA as Programme Partner
Optometry Giving Sight announces new Global Board
Half the world to be short-sighted by 2050
The WHO Survey on Assistive Devices
WHO's survey on essential assistive products
Sankara’s SERVIS to transform outreach in community eye care
VISION 2020 Norway has a new board
Workshop on Post-Disaster management in Nepal
Vision for a Nation awards a grant to accelerate the development of smart phone-based eye care tools
Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health
Eye Care included in Key WHO Human Resource Strategy
SiB Impact Reports!
Help Sought for Database of Accessible Book Sources
Pioneering New Eye & Ear Instrument Launched
Diabetes Eye Health: a Guide for Health Professionals
Sightsavers seeks Project Coordinator for ICTC
Approved SightFirst grants for January 2016
Malawi Optometry Association holds inaugural meeting
Directory of training programs by AOI
David Donoghue to speak at 10GA
2016 Joanne Angle Investigator Award - a research grant by Prevent Blindness
Sightsavers CEO honoured
An Accessible GAP document
LVPEI announces 2016 CEH courses
Trainers Training in Scientific Optical Dispensing
Farewells
World Blind Union hiring Human Rights Analyst
CHOGM 2015: A 'Time to See'
Welcome to SiB December Newsletter!
Helen Keller International Myanmar
Phase V projects in Mongolia
Influencing Government to reduce cost of cataract surgeries in public hospitals
Increasing Patients Access to Services
Community health care impacts eye surgery in Zambia
Overcoming Barriers to Eye Health in Ghana
Dr. Adrian Hopkins invested as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Universal Health Coverage, Eye Health and Accountability
Victoria Sheffield elected as new IAPB Vice President
2nd Regional Meeting on the implementation of Universal Eye Health in SEAR Member states
LCIF releases list of SightFirst 2015 Grant Awardees
Systems Development Consultant
Aravind Offers Two Management Courses
Sustainable Development Goals: the way ahead
Applications for the MSc in Public Health for Eye Care by LSHTM are open
Formation of National Eye Committee in Indonesia
Sight for Life Walkers to start 17-day walk across Sri Lanka
How do we reach more women and girls?
CBP seeking worldwide grant applications
500 Millionth dose of Zithromax distributed in Ethiopia
China Power! Together for Universal Eye Health
IAPB members come together in Beijing
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: Keynote speaker at 10GA
The Cataract BOOST Story
He Univ offers Bachelors in Optometry
Lions Clubs Research Grants Aim to Improve Global Quality of Life
National consultation for developing country eye health action plan
New Grading Scales available to all optometrists - download for free
Evidence gap maps developed by Sightsavers
The judges of the #EyeCareForAll Photo Competition
#EyeCareForAll Photo Competition - Winners and Runners-up
Thank You, Champalimaud Foundation!
World Sight Day 2015
Up to one billion people at risk of blindness by 2050
2016 LCIF SightFirst Research Grants
#SnapForSight
10GA has its first Programme Partner: Orbis
Biggest prize in vision awarded to innovative joint programme in Africa
Seeing is Believing calls for Ghana project proposals
TDR: Postgraduate Training Support
Australia loses sight of International Aid Commitments
New School of Optometry in Oaxaca, Mexico
A letter from Medellin
A Taste of Durban
Helen Keller on the new 10 Dollar bill #TheNew10
Cataract Surgery Protocol - Nepal
Myanmar hosts a key workshop
Prof Naidoo appointed Interim CEO of Brien Holden Vision Institute
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam: A Life Dedicated to Science
SiB Newsletter now live
Brien Holden: An Eye Health Champion
Prof Brien Holden: A Legacy that will live on
‘Eye Health Leaders’ to be felicitated in China
Revo partners with Bono to Fight Vision Impairment
Vision Aid Overseas’ New Online Learning Portal to Support Optometry Graduates in Zambia
Taking a Systems Approach to Eye Health
IAPB and members support UHC advocacy letter to IAEG
Light for the World seeks new International Director
Optometry Giving Sight's World Sight Day Challenge '15
10GA: Change of dates
A life dedicated to the underprivileged
2 million!
Dr. Helena Ndume to be Awarded U.N. Nelson Mandela Prize
IAPB Regional Workshop: Europe
New Report Adopts CSC as Health Indicator
Report on Tracking Universal Health Coverage Adopts Cataract Surgical Coverage as Key Indicator
Dr Adrian Hopkins Awarded MBE
Latin America Regional Meet in Panama
#EyeCareForAll Photo Competition launched
LVPEI shares key resources and videos on Retinoblastoma
Small Grants for Africa-based Research
Diploma in Eye Health Management (DEHM) program
Global activity to end avoidable blindness – Are we having an impact?
New study: Myopia is becoming more common across Europe
BCPB Grants 2015
World Bank report: cataract surgery an 'essential intervention'
Focus on Eye Health: National Summit
IAPB Board meetings in Dubai
Ebola and Eye care
Nepal earthquake
New SiB pages on the IAPB website!
Pixels in Fundus Cameras: How many do you need?
Catalytic partnership praised at IAPB Africa meeting
Romania's first ROP Workshop
Urgent call: DR Barometer Survey
SDGs: what's in it for eye health?
RAAB Repository: a new resource for eye health research and planning
Tackling human resources for eye health challenges
Reflections on the launch of DFID's new 'Disability Framework'
Access to health is not a luxury it's a right
Free Online course on Global Blindness: Planning and Managing Eye Care Services
Bayer HealthCare Supports World Sight Day Event
Bob McMullan on the IAPB WSD14 Event - and the future
Vietnam's first Optometry School
VISION 2020 Latin America meeting, Mexico City
Focus on #Sight
Ebola
Mexico City to host global World Sight Day event
Advocating to help Vietnam have better access to eye health
Carl Zeiss Supported Centre in Sudan
Report on Costs of Exclusion & Gains of Inclusion of People with Disabilities
New Eye Clinic in Mozambique
Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Peru, marks 20 years
Regional Action Plan: PAHO
Universal Eye Health: Three important documents
IAPB seeks Project Accountant
Regional Plan for Universal Eye Health: Western Pacific
Australia funds its first 'National Eye Health Survey'
'Neglected Sensory Diseases' - the NSDs (you heard it here first)
IAPB Advocacy Training Workshop, Accra, Ghana
IAPB runs in the 'Great City Race 2014'
WBU attends 7th Conference of States Parties to the UNCRPD
Durban Calling
GAP Update
Commonwealth Health Partnerships & Avoidable Blindness
Vision Aid Overseas celebrates 30th Anniversary
VISION 2020 Workshops 2013-14 Update
The 'Diabetic Retinopathy Barometer' project launch, Madrid
WHO and World Bank disappoint in the latest Post-2015 thinking
The Disability Action Plan at the World Health Assembly 2014
Vision 2014: Seizing the Opportunity
The Trust seeks Commonwealth Support on Avoidable Blindness
Global health partners call on G7 to tackle NTDs
Partnership to transform eye health in Malawi
IAPB Board meets in Singapore
New UK Govt report focuses attention on disability
GBD Data: A good news story
International Mobility Conference
Urgent final call for participants from 42 countries to contribute now to largest global diabetic retinopathy (DR) survey
Liverpool FC plays for Seeing is Believing
Seeing is Believing gets a new Head
Countdown to the 1st World Congress of Optometry
MSc Public Health for Eye Care
HKI Hiring Officers for NTDs Project
LFTW performs 50,000 Cataract Surgeries
LVPEI performs 20,000 Corneal Transplants
Lions/PAAO Award in Blindness Prevention to Recognize Excellence
DR Barometer Project - Survey
Research grant by Prevent Blindness
Jobs: Communications Officers
Jobs: Regional Programme Manager - Latin America
Seeing is Believing announces funding for 13 countries
Jobs: Latin America Advisor
IAPB supports Universal Health Coverage day
A new era for optometry in Vietnam
First 'National Eye Health Survey' gets funding in Australia
2015 António Champalimaud Vision Award
IAPB supports a RAAB Training of Trainers
VISION 2020 Workshop 2014-19: Eastern Mediterranean Region
ICO issues updated Diabetic Retinopathy Guidelines
Time to end the eye health 'neglect' in Europe
New alliance for the global assessment of diabetic retinopathy
The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust joins IAPB
2013 Outstanding Humanitarian Service Award
IAPB Highlights 2013
WSD13: How was this year?
New IAPB Report on ‘Universal Eye Health’ launched on World Sight Day
The Fred Hollows Foundation Invites Research Proposals
The L'OCCITANE Sight Award
Seeing is Believing Innovation Fund
Australian Foreign Minister Launches New Study into Cost and Benefits of Ending Blindness
Global Trachoma Survey kicks off in Ethiopia
Seeing is Believing launches flagship East Africa Child Eye Health project

Resources

A Global Compendium on Good Practice: Integrated care for diabetes and eye health
Effect of providing near glasses on productivity among rural Indian tea workers with presbyopia (PROSPER): a randomised trial
A Situational Analysis: Eye Care Needs of Rohingya Refugees and the Affected Bangladeshi Host Population in Cox’s Bazar District Bangladesh
Primary Eye Care Training Manual
Roadmap of Visual Impairment Control Program in Indonesia 2017-2030
Gender and Blindness: Addressing inequity
Summary Report of Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness Bhutan - 2018
School Eye Health Guidelines
Eye Health for Women and Girls
WHO International Consensus Conference on Vision Rehabilitation Standards
Strengthening health systems to manage diabetic eye disease: Integrated care for diabetes and eye health
First Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness Survey in the Maldives: Prevalence and Causes of Blindness and Cataract Surgery
Prevalence and causes of blindness, visual impairment, and cataract surgery in Timor-leste
Position Paper on Presbyopia
Cirugía de Catarata con Incisión Pequeña Manual [Orbis]
GUIA PRACTICA CLINICA DE RETINOPATIA DIABETICA PARA LATINOAMERICA (2011)
Ukrainian - English Ophthalmic Dictionary
Polish - English Ophthalmic Dictionary
Russian - English Ophthalmic Dictionary
China five year National Plan for Eye Health 2016-2020
Myanmar National Eye Health Plan 2017-2021
Making Eye Health a Population Health Imperative: Vision for Tomorrow
Position Paper on Self-Refraction with Adjustable Spectacles
Position Paper on Ready Made Spectacles
Eye care service delivery in SEA Region
Summary of Report Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness Timor-Leste - 2016
Spectacle Coverage Report
Situation Analysis of Optometry in Africa
The Impact of Myopia and high Myopia
Eye Care Service Assessment Tool (ECSAT)
Global Estimates on the Number of People Blind or Visually Impaired by Diabetic Retinopathy
Low Vision Manual - KCCO Translated [Spanish] [Portuguese]
Diabetic Retinopathy Guidelines - ICO PAAO 2016 [Spanish]
Summary Report of Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness Maldives - 2016
National Survey of Blindness and VI, Sri Lanka 2014-15
Sri Lanka Comprehensive Eye Care Plan 2013 – 2017
Action Plan for the prevention of blindness and visual impairment 2009 - 2013
Global Action Plan--Accessible format
A benefits framework for eliminating avoidable blindness and visual impairment
BOOST
Cataract Surgical Coverage
Toolkit to advocate for disability inclusion in SDG indicators
The Indicators Framework in support of SDGs and eye health
SDGs Eye Health Excellence
VISION 2020 Global Initiative: 1999
Strategy for the Elimination of Vision Impairment from Uncorrected Refractive Error
Cataract Surgery Protocol - Nepal
Does Cataract Surgery Alleviate Poverty? Evidence from a Multi-Centre Intervention Study Conducted in Kenya, the Philippines and Bangladesh
Assessment of cataract surgical outcomes in settings where follow-up is poor: PRECOG, a multicentre observational study
Low Vision Care in Africa
Tracking universal health coverage
Tracking universal health coverage: First global monitoring report
Planning for VISION 2020 at the District Level: A Manual
Prevalence of refractive error in Europe
Increasing Prevalence of Myopia in Europe and the Impact of Education
The Economic Burden of Vision Loss and Eye Disorders in the United States
The Emerging Epidemic of Diabetic Retinopathy in India
Essential List for Cataract Surgery
Essential List for Cataract Surgery
Essential List for Cataract Surgery
Guidelines for School Eye Health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Situational analysis and strategy for change in Myanmar
Epidemiology of Blindness in Nepal
Inclusion made easy in eye health programs
IAPB Strategic Framework 2013-2017
Retinopathy of prematurity: A global perspective of the epidemics, population of babies at risk and implications for control
Gender and Blindness in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Gender & Blindness - initiatives to address inequity
Global prevalence of age-related macular degeneration and disease burden projection for 2020 and 2040: a systematic review and meta-analysis
ICO Guidelines for Diabetic Eye Care
The number of people with glaucoma worldwide in 2010 and 2020
Glaucoma
A Global Survey of Low Vision Service Provision
Review of recent surveys on blindness and visual impairment in Latin America
How Effective is Low Vision Service Provision? A Systematic Review
Zithromax® in the Elimination of Blinding Trachoma A Program Manager’s Guide
Implementing the SAFE Strategy for Trachoma Control
Progress report on elimination of Trachoma, 2013
The End In Sight - ICTC Global Strategic Plan
Global cost of correcting vision impairment from uncorrected refractive error
Global vision impairment due to uncorrected presbyopia
Global magnitude of visual impairment caused by uncorrected refractive errors in 2004
IAPB Africa Regional Advocacy Strategy 2014-2018
How to develop a national advocacy strategy on Human Resources for Eye Health
The Economic Costs of Exclusion and Gains of Inclusion of People with Disabilities
Investing in Vision
Essential Equipment list - DR
IAPB Essential Equipment List for Trachomatous Trichiasis
IAPB Essential Equipment List for Diabetic Retinopathy
Situational analysis of eye health care in Zambia
Eye Health System Assessment in Ghana
Eye Health System Assessment in Sierra Leone
Eye Health System Assessment in Lao PDR
Eye Health System Assessment in Cambodia
IAPB Highlights 2014
IAPB Highlights 2013
IAPB Africa Human Resources for Eye Health Strategic Plan 2014-2023
WHO Global Action Plan 2014-2019
WHO Global Action Plan 2014-2019
Position Paper on Recycled Spectacles
Mapping Human Resources for Eye Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: Progress towards VISION 2020
Addressing the Eye Health Work Force Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa
Report of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing
Western Pacific Regional Action Plan
Regional Action Plan for Universal Eye Health: Americas
Regional Action Plan for Universal Eye Health: Western Pacific
Regional Action Plan for Universal Eye Health: Eastern Mediterranean
IAPB Africa HReH Strategy
Monitoring progress towards Universal Health Coverage
Open Working Group Proposed Goals and Targets (as of 2nd June)
Causes of vision loss worldwide, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis
Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Numbers and Prevalence
Guidelines for Eye Health Committees
IAPB position on GBD data
IAPB Advocacy Guide
WHO - Global Initiative for the Elimination of Blindness
RAAB + DR Survey Report - Moldova 2012
Eye Health Care in Central and South Eastern Europe in 2009
DRWG April 2013 Minutes
DRWG Draft TOR
The accomplishments of the global initiative VISION 2020: The Right to Sight and the focus for the next 8 years
Global Human Resource Development Assessment for Comprehensive Eye Care
IAPB Highlights 2012
Eye Health Systems Assessment (EHSA)
BOT Minutes Hyderabad
Workshop Report: A VISION 2020 Workshop on Research for Global Blindness Prevention
VISION 2020 Workshops 2011 Report
IAPB Report - State of the World Sight 2010
National Eye Health Coordinator Manual
VISION 2020 Action Plan 2006-2011
WHO Action Plan for the Prevention of Avoidable Blindness and Visual Impairment 2009-2013
Blindness and Non Communicable Diseases
School Health Programme Advocacy Paper
The G20 and VISION 2020
Integrating Eye Health into School Health Programmes
Eye Test Model for Older People in Care - The Netherlands
The Positive Economics of Blindness Prevention
Eye Health: Partnering Opportunities in the Nutrition Sector
IAPB Engagement with the World Bank
UN Agencies and IAPB
Blindness and the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Health Systems and Eye Health
Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
Vision Centre Model

Assembly Resources

Measuring programme effectiveness, sustainability, and impact
Vision Aid Overseas
Sightsavers
Sight and Life
Refractive Errors
Partnership Beyond Eye Care
Other
Innovation to Improve Access and Equity
Inclusive Development
Glaucoma
Effectiveness, Sustainability and Impact
Diabetic Retinopathy and ARMD
Community Engagement and Eye Care
Childhood Blindness and Refractive Errors
Cataract
ORBIS
Optometry Giving Sight
Operation Eyesight Universal
L'Occitane
Lions Club International Foundation
IAPB Procurement Consortium
Essilor
Deepak Enterprises
Clarity Medical Systems
CBM
Brien Holden Vision Institute
Appasamy Associates
Course 19: Eye Health for Children
Special Session: Eye Care for Everyone
Course 17: Neglected Tropical Diseases & Non Communicable Diseases, Link to Eye Health
Course 16: Gender and Blindness
Course 15: Challenges for Equity in Low Vision Care
Course 14/18: Glaucoma – Part 1 & 2
Course 13: Effective Advocacy
Course 12: Financing Eye Care Institutions in Low Income Countries
Course 11: What’s New in Primary Eye Care?
Course 10: Global Burden of Disease - Impact of Vision Loss
Course 9: Refractive Error - Change in the Approach
Course 8: Programme Management
Course 7: Trachoma - Progress Towards Elimination
Course 6: Diabetic Retinopathy
Course 5: Data Collection and Information Management
Course 4: Sustainability of Eye Health Systems
Course 3: Training an Eye Care Team
Course 2: Cataract Surgery
Development & Millennium Development Goals
Challenges in monitoring clinical and programme outcomes
Social Entrepreneurship & Eye Care
Health Systems Development
Delivering Programmes: Success Stories
Upscaling Blindness Prevention Efforts
Alan Johns Lecture
MDP 25th Anniversary Lecture
Sir John Wilson Lecture

Members

Global Clinic
Globe Eye Foundation
Good People International
Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center
Vision Trust
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