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Caroline Casey emphasized the urgent need for more trained eye care professionals to address the increasing demand for eye health services. Strengthening the workforce is essential to providing adequate care and preventing vision impairment in communities worldwide.

World Sight Day 2024 will spotlight child eye health, emphasizing the critical need for early detection and treatment of vision problems in children. The event aims to raise global awareness and drive initiatives for better eye care for children worldwide.

World Sight Day 2024 will prioritize children's eye health, raising awareness about the importance of early vision care. The initiative aims to highlight the necessity of early detection and treatment to ensure healthy vision development in children worldwide.

World Sight Day 2024 will emphasize the importance of child eye health, aiming to raise awareness and promote initiatives that ensure children worldwide receive essential eye care services.

This year's World Sight Day highlights the crucial role of early eye care for children, promoting vision health for future success.

The IAPB has revealed the winners of the Young Systems Leaders Awards, recognizing outstanding young professionals dedicated to advancing global eye health and innovative vision care solutions.

The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) has launched a new award initiative recognising early career professionals driving change in eye health.

The IAPB has announced the launch of the IAPB Young Systems Leader Awards, a new initiative designed to amplify the voices and empower early-career professionals driving transformative change in eye health.

The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) called for entries to its new Young Systems Leader Awards to celebrate ‘professionals who embody critical systems thinking’.

The exhibition, named '2030 IN SIGHT,' offers a perspective of the world as seen by individuals living with preventable vision loss.

As the world prepares to mark World Sight Day, Oct. 12 this week, a photo exhibition 2030 IN SIGHT, supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Friends of Vision and organized by IAPB is being displayed at the United Nations between Oct. 9 - 20.

Global leaders convened in New York to deliberate on the significance of vision worldwide. Currently, over 2.2 billion individuals, accounting for nearly one-third of the global population, live with vision impairment. Among them, 1.1 billion people experience preventable vision loss, and a significant 90 percent of them reside in middle- and lower-income nations.