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IAPB Blog is home to ideas, policy positions, findings, and stories that provides the context for eye health policy and practice. The views, ideas, technologies or policy positions in these blog posts belong to the authors and do not necessarily describe IAPB's position or views on these matters.

16.07.2026

Why Eye Health Belongs on the EU Policy Agenda

  • Advocacy to Action,
  • Child Eye Health,
  • Enhancing Education,
  • EU Policy Agenda,
  • Global Summit for Eye Health,
  • Health system,
  • public health,
  • Workforce Development
IAPB

16.07.2026

Unlocking Political Will and Commitment: Our Journey to the Global Summit for Eye Health

Jessica Thompson

   

  • Advocacy,
  • Commitments,
  • eye health,
  • Global Compact for Eye Health,
  • Global Development,
  • Global Summit for Eye Health,
  • Political Signal,
  • Shared vision,
  • United Nations General Assembly,
  • United Nations High Level Political Forum,
  • World Health Assembly
Member Story

01.07.2026

Sankara Eye Foundation India: 50 Years of Restoring Sight and Transforming Lives

Bharath Balasubramaniam

  • Artificial Intelligence,
  • Avoidable Blindess,
  • cataract surgery,
  • Community Eye Care,
  • eye care,
  • Eye Screening,
  • Gift of Vision,
  • Healthcare Innovation,
  • India,
  • Ophthalmology,
  • public health,
  • Sankara Eye Foundation India,
  • Sustainable Eye Care,
  • Universal Eye Health,
  • Vision Centres
IAPB

30.06.2026

IAPB Members Meeting in Mexico

Cristina Sanchez Gauto

  • Commitments,
  • eye health,
  • Global summit,
  • Mexico,
  • Regional Meeting
Member Story

30.06.2026

Seeing gender-equal development: reflections from Women Deliver 2026

Louisa Syrett

  • Gender Equity,
  • PNG,
  • The Fred Hollows Foundation,
  • Trachoma,
  • Women Deliver
Member Story

30.06.2026

A few reflections on women, eye health, and our work in PNG

Dr Jambi Garap

  • PNG,
  • The Fred Hollows Foundation,
  • Trachoma,
  • Women Deliver
Member Story

18.06.2026

Making eye care more accessible, affordable and available: lessons from Zimbabwe

  • Arclight Project,
  • CBM Global,
  • Zimbabwe,
  • Zimbabwe Council for the Blind
Member Story
OCI Myopia Awareness Week 2026

17.06.2026

A Campaign for Everyone: OCI Myopia Awareness Week 2026

Harshada Kale / Swetha Saravanan / Sakina Mussaji / Paula Mukherjee

  • Awareness,
  • community eye health,
  • Continuing Education,
  • Early Detection,
  • eye care,
  • Eye Health Education,
  • India,
  • Myopia,
  • Myopia Control,
  • Myopia Management,
  • OCI,
  • Optometry,
  • Pediatric Eye Health,
  • public health,
  • Vision Care
IAPB launches new guide on Climate Resilient, Gender Responsive Eye Care

05.06.2026

Climate-resilient, gender-responsive eye care: why we need an integrated approach now

Ben Murphy / Sumrana Yasmin / Jennifer Pitter-López

  • 2030 IN SIGHT LIVE Kenya
Member Story

04.06.2026

Vision First: How a District in Kerala Brought School Eye Screening into the System

Ms Mary Sebastian / Ms Gaurangi Kolzarkar / Mr Sabitra Kundu

  • Myopia,
  • Myopia Awareness Week