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Leveraging Evidence for Advocacy & Campaigns: A Call to Action Better Education In Sight

25.10.2024

  • Blog

Leveraging Evidence for Advocacy & Campaigns: A Call to Action

Jude Stern / Anthea Burnett

  • Brazil,
  • India,
  • Kenya,
  • SDGs,
  • World Sight Day

15.10.2024

  • Resources

Better Education in Sight summary

This summary of Better Education in Sight provides an estimate of global learning and economic productivity losses from uncorrected refractive error in schools.

With The Fred Hollows Foundation supports Nijgadh Eye Camp: The free surgical eye camp has been organized in Nijgadh Tilganga Community Eye Hospital (under construction) from 22nd to 24th December 2023. In the camp, 2354 people have undergone eye examination and 426 people have undergone free cataract eye surgery. From 16th to 23rd December, eye examination and cataract selection camps were conducted in different places in Bara, Sarlai, and Rautahat Districts. In the leadership of the Ophthalmologist, Dr. Govinda Poudyal's team including Dr. Ang Jangmo Lama, and Dr. Swikriti Shrestha were treated and performed the surgery. The Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology has conducted the camp with the collaboration of the Nepal Red Cross Society, Nijgadh Primary Health Center, Nijgadh Municipality, and financial support from the Fred Hollows Foundation.

01.10.2024

  • News

COVID-19 impact worsens eye health inequity for women and girls  

  • COVID-19,
  • Gender Equity
¿Qué Significa La Equidad de Género en la Salud Ocular?/What does it mean gender equity in Eye Health?

07.08.2024

  • Blog

¿Qué Significa La Equidad de Género en la Salud Ocular?/What does it mean gender equity in Eye Health?

Luisa Casas Luque PhD OD

  • APEC,
  • WHO
Q&A

29.07.2024

  • Blog

Transforming Lives: An investment case for eye health

Jack Hennessy

MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY-A CASE OF FOSTER PHIRI

25.07.2024

  • Blog

MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY-A CASE OF FOSTER PHIRI

Lucia Nadaf / Emmanuel Dube

  • Africa,
  • Orbis International,
  • Zambia
EMPOWERING EYE HEALTH ADVOCACY IN ZAMBIA: A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT

18.07.2024

  • Blog

EMPOWERING EYE HEALTH ADVOCACY IN ZAMBIA: A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT

Kristine Nyabera

  • Advocacy,
  • Africa,
  • National Advocacy Network,
  • Orbis International,
  • Zambia
Building Climate-Resilient Eye Care: A Landmark Resolution at the World Health Assembly

10.06.2024

  • Blog

Building Climate-Resilient Eye Care: A Landmark Resolution at the World Health Assembly

Mitasha Yu

  • Climate Action,
  • Climate Change
: With my peers at the IAPB global event in 2023. Partnerships are the key to success in eliminating avoidable vision loss. When we partner, we go beyond eye health care, finding sustainable solutions that improve quality of life in countries, communities and lives.

10.06.2024

  • Blog

The Power of Partnerships: Seeing is Believing

Kashinath Bhoosnurmath

  • 2030 In Sight,
  • 2030 IN SIGHT LIVE Mexico,
  • Integrated people-centred eye care,
  • IPEC,
  • Partnerships,
  • Sustainable Develop Goal #17,
  • United Nations Sustainable Development Goals,
  • Universal Eye Health,
  • WHO,
  • World Vision Report 2019

25.04.2024

  • Blog

Through Her Eyes: Women leading the path to progress

Shrikant Ayyangar

  • Vision Centres,
  • Women Empowerment,
  • Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month
Member Story
Omella Joseph, a worker at the facility demonstrates how the power is supplied and switched whenever power goes off at the facility. CBM partner Hospital Benedictine Eye Hospital in Tororo shifts to use Solar energy to power the hospital. Due to power outages in the region, the hospital decided to explore the option of Solar energy as the new solution.

07.04.2024

  • Blog

Solar for Eye Health

Anthony Atiko

  • Universal Health Coverage,
  • WHO
Solar for Eye Health

01.04.2024

  • News

Solar for Eye Health

Anthony Atiko

Benedictine Eye Hospital innovates eye care solutions through integration of renewable energy in thier services

  • Renewable Energy,
  • Solar for Eye Health,
  • Universal Health Coverage,
  • WHO

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