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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.
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Group photo people holding guide at Day 1 of High Level meeting

29.03.2023

South East Asia – High Level Meeting on Integrated People Centred Eye Care

Yuddha Sapkota

  • 2030 In Sight,
  • Hyderabad,
  • India,
  • Integrated people-centred eye care,
  • WHO
IAPB
Man holding E as he asseses vision of a woman

29.03.2023

Rapid Assessment of Refractive Error in progress at Rohingya Refugee Camp, Cox Bazaar

Yuddha Sapkota

  • Bangladesh,
  • Coz Bazaar,
  • RAAB,
  • Refugees
IAPB
A woman smiling after having her sight restored.

23.03.2023

Nepal: Approval of Eye Health Strategy

Yuddha Sapkota

  • Eye health strategy,
  • Nepal

17.03.2023

Why You Should Attend the 16th Global Conference on Ageing: Insights from a Gerontology Expert

Ashney Patrick

  • age-friendly environments,
  • Ageing,
  • global conference,
  • Older adults,
  • older women,
  • technology
Case Study
Member Story
Four patients who have had cataract surhery in the frame, focus is on patient with his green cap removed and a hand over his right eye smiling/Abir Abdullah

15.03.2023

Improving Cataract Services for Underserved Groups

Jacqui Ramke / Hugh Bassett

  • Cataract,
  • equity,
  • eye health,
  • Research
Opinion

13.03.2023

One Year Later: Delivering Eye Health Services for Displaced Ukrainians

Tatiana Ghidirimschi / Brooke Blanchard

The LOW VISION Center reflects on its emergency plan to address the continuity and expansion of eye care in a context unprecedented in Europe since World War II.

  • Conflict,
  • Cross-sector,
  • Eastern Europe,
  • Healthcare,
  • Humanitarian Response,
  • Moldova,
  • Ophthalmology,
  • Refugees,
  • Ukraine
Member Story
Blue Background on left side white text reads Climate Change and eye health - a qa R Venkatesh Chief Medical Officer Aravind Eye Hospital with photo of Venkatesh on right

02.03.2023

Climate change and eye health

Dr. R. Venkatesh

  • Climate Action,
  • Reducing carbon foot print,
  • Sustainable eye health
Member Story
Image blue background with photo of Marcela Deffis y Ramos on right. Text on left says Delivering high quality visual care: Fundacion Luz, Marcela Deffis y Ramos, Chief Executive Officer, Fundacion Luz,

25.02.2023

Delivering high quality visual care: Fundación +Luz

Marcela Deffis y Ramos,

  • Baja California,
  • Fundación +Luz,
  • Mexico
IAPB
Screenshot of several people on Zoom

25.02.2023

Advocacy to Action Regional Update Session: Western Pacific

Junu Shreshta

  • Advocacy to Action,
  • Integrated people-centred eye care,
  • WHO’s Eye Care Situation Assessment Tool
IAPB
Girl with red headscarf looks out of a window

24.02.2023

Humanitarian Interest Group: Calling All Members

Brooke Blanchard

  • Humanitarian Response Working Group,
  • Work Group
IAPB
SDG Wheel

24.02.2023

United Nations Voluntary National Reviews of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Holly Aindow

  • Sustainable Development Goals,
  • UN resolution on vision,
  • Voluntary National Reviews,
  • World Health Assembly