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Saving vision

27.11.2020

2020 in Review: IAPB Africa Highlights

Simon Day

Simon Day lists key highlights of 2020 from the IAPB Africa region.

  • 2020 in Review,
  • COVID-19,
  • Primary Eye Care Training Manual,
  • webinars,
  • WHO
Holding-the-WRV-in-their-hands-at-the-launch

27.11.2020

2020 in Review: IAPB South-East Asia Highlights

Yuddha Dhoj Sapkota

Yuddha Sapkota lists down some of the highlights of 2020 in the IAPB South-East Asia Region.

  • 2020 in Review,
  • Bhutan,
  • Diabetic Retinopathy,
  • Myanmar,
  • RAAB,
  • Timor-Leste,
  • Trachoma,
  • WHO,
  • World Report on Vision
Amanda Davis at eAOC

27.11.2020

2020 in Review: IAPB Western Pacific Highlights

Drew Keys

Drew Keys picks out the top three highlights of 2020 from the Western Pacific Region.

  • 2020 in Review,
  • COVID-19,
  • Papua New Guinea,
  • World Report on Vision,
  • World Sight Day 2020
Video: Indigenous Eye Health Series: EACH: Bunjils Mirring Nganga-djak Project

19.11.2020

Video: Indigenous Eye Health Series: EACH: Bunjils Mirring Nganga-djak Project

  • Australia,
  • Indigenous Eye Health,
  • The Australian College of Optometry

16.11.2020

British Council for the Prevention of Blindness’s Impact

Diana Bramson

  • British Council for Prevention of Blindness
World-Sight-Day-Congressional-Briefing

16.11.2020

Vision 2020 USA Hosts Congressional Briefing for World Sight Day 2020

Mitchell Brinks

A summary of VISION 2020 USA's World Sight Day Congressional Briefing.

  • VISION 2020 USA,
  • World Sight Day
Simultaneous translation and demonstration by local teacher

16.11.2020

A three-year reflection on the Prevention of avoidable blindness project in Rukwa Region, Tanzania

Karsten Paust

A three-year reflection on the Prevention of avoidable blindness project in Rukwa Region, Tanzania

  • Africa,
  • German Committee for Prevention of Blindness,
  • Tanzania
Gullapalli Nag rao

03.11.2020

VISION 2020 and Me: Gullapalli N Rao

Gullapalli N Rao

  • VISION 2020,
  • Vision 2020 and me
Ambassador Fatima

21.10.2020

A UN Resolution for Eye Health?

Jessica Crofts-Lawrence

  • UN,
  • UN Friends of Vision Group,
  • UN resolution,
  • UNFoV
Health education session

19.10.2020

Eye Health Awareness and Education Project in Rukwa Region – Tanzania

Ryner Linuma

As part of ensuring continuous eye health education is cascaded in the Rukwa Region, the German Committee for Prevention of Blindness (DKVB), the Internationaler Club der Schlitzohren e.V. and two other key stakeholders, the Rukwa Regional Government and the Catholic Church in Sumbawanga Diocese, have come up with a small project.

  • German Committee for Prevention of Blindness,
  • Tanzania
Bhutan-school-screening

19.10.2020

Visual impairment and refractive error in school children in Bhutan

Yuddha Dhoj Sapkota

  • Bhutan,
  • Lions Clubs International Foundation,
  • Mission For Vision