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The first launch of the SEA region. The WHO launched the Word Report on Vision (WRV) at a global level on 9 October 2019 on the eve of World Sight Day 2019.
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A revamped World Sight Day 2019 Activities Report where the focus was on IAPB members and partner supported activities and events.
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We started the series off with the first webinar featuring IAPB’s CEO in conversation with two key experts from WHO, Dr Alarcos Cieza, and Dr Silvio Mariotti.
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IAPB and the Canadian Ophthalmology Society (COS) held the Canadian launch of the World Report on Vision as part of the Canadian Ophthalmology Society 2020 Annual Meeting on June 26.
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Countries adopted a new resolution on vision in an effort to reach the 1 billion people worldwide who do not have access to vital eye care services.
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On 4 January 2021, Clearly, the charity founded in 2016 by James Chen to raise the profile of vision among world leaders, will merge into IAPB.
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We updated Vision Atlas with new estimates on the magnitude, projections and causes of vision loss from The Vision Loss Expert Group (VLEG).
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To mark World Sight Day Her Majesty The Queen and Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex held a call with the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) and three eye health professionals from around the world.
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After much thought and discussion, the IAPB board, in consultation with the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI), cancelled next year’s Global Assembly 2021.
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The Friends of Vision, a group of United Nations’ Ambassadors, announced that they will pursue the first-ever United Nations General Assembly resolution on eye health.
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Another edition of the IAPB-Bayer World Sight Day photo competition has come to a spectacular end. We received over 1900 photo submissions (with nearly 500 photos in the COVID-19 category) this year – a record.
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