2030 In Sight
In an important milestone for the sector, we recently released our new 10-year strategy 2030 In Sight: Ending Avoidable Sight Loss. This comes at a crucial time not only for our sector but for the wider health and development community.
Over the past two decades we have seen extraordinary progress under VISION 2020: The Right to Sight and some tangible successes built on a foundation of collective action. Today, we are facing a myriad of interrelated global challenges.
This strategy was created by the sector, for the sector. It follows months of consultations with hundreds of experts from across the IAPB membership. We would like to thank all of you for your invaluable input which has got us to where we are today. It is, we hope, a document which we can be proud of. But more importantly we hope it is a strategy which we can all work together to deliver - read the full post.
Implementing 2030 In Sight in Africa
The IAPB Africa Team will be holding virtual sessions on the 2030 In Sight strategy in November. The sessions will cover how the strategy was developed and look at how it can be implemented in the Africa region. If you would like to participate in one of these sessions, please reach out to the IAPB Regional Coordinator for Africa, Simon Day at sday@iapb.org
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Nominations close soon
Nominate Changemakers, Innovators and Future Leaders by 3rd Nov as part of the Eye Health Heroes 2021 programme.
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Phil Hoare to retire
Phil Hoare our Valued Suppliers Scheme Manager is retiring at the end of 2021, after decades spent helping NGOs make informed procurement decisions. We'll miss him.
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Tejah Balantrapu to step down
After almost 20 years working for IAPB in different roles, Tejah Balantrapu, currently IAPB’s Deputy Head of Communications will be leaving IAPB at the end of November.
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World Sight Day 2021: Celebrating success
WSD 2021 was a big success. The response to the Everyone Counts Global Challenge exceeded all expectations. Countless numbers of screenings and events were held across the globe.
In Africa, in addition to the screening at Mwanza, multiple activities took place such as in the Hwange region in Zimbabwe where over 4,500 children were screened, at Nurses Hostel Gardens at Mulago Hospital in Uganda where the Makerere University Optometry students and lecturers participated in a screening...
To help us learn more about how you engaged with IAPB’s World Sight Day activities kindly complete this survey.
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SightFirst Grants 2021
The Letters of Intent for the Lions Clubs International Foundation grants is due Nov 15. The grants fund high-quality, sustainable projects that deliver eye care services.
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XOVA 2022
The applications for eXcellence in Ophthalmology Vision Awards are now open. €500,000 is available to fund min. 10 awards for up to €50,000 each. Deadline: 31 January, 2022.
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Ending backlog cataract blindness
HelpmeSee Madagascar project launches simulation-based surgical training center to end backlog of cataract blindness by training 100 general practitioners.
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Eye in 5 Podcast series
The “Eye in 5” video podcast series, moderated by Dr. Van Charles Lansingh, is a forum created to unite ophthalmic leaders around the world in our fight to resolve cataract blindness in developing countries.
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Join us for Focus on Diabetes
This World Diabetes Day, from 12 November - 19 November with our Focus on Diabetes programme we will raise the profile and agenda of Diabetic Eye Disease. Sign up for our global webinar or any of the three regional webinars.
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