The 9th General Assembly (9GA) of IAPB will be in Hyderabad, India, from 17 to 20 September 2012, organised in conjunction with the L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI). The Assembly theme is "Eye Health: Everyone's Business".
The premier global event for discussion of public health topics related to blindness and visual impairment, 9GA will highlight progress in VISION 2020: The Right to Sight, IAPB's joint global initiative with the World Health Organization for the elimination of avoidable blindness. Know More...
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VISION2020: The Right to Sight �? INDIA at the AIOC 2012
The Vision Centre Manual - a VISION 2020: The Right to Sight - INDIA publication was released at the AIOS 2012, Cochin, Kerala: Dr. G.V Rao, CEO, VISION 2020 - INDIA, Mr. Manish Kumar, Program Manager, ORBIS India Country Office, Dr. S. Chandrashekhar Shetty, Technical Advisor, Sight First, Ms. Lynda Cherry, VP, Operation Eyesight Universal, Col. Deshpande, President, VISION 2020 - INDIA.
VISION 2020: The Right to Sight INDIA in association with Alakh Nayan Mandir Eye Institute and in coordination with National Programme for the Control of Blindness, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India celebrated the World Sight Day in Udaipur, Rajasthan. Read More....
NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM in association with our partner Alakh Nayan Mandir Eye Institute, Udaipur, Rajasthan - 12th Oct 2011.
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Blog on Eye Donation
I read about 'Talent Search: Beyond Ophthalmology' for MOSCON 2011, Maharashtra ophthalmological society conference 2011
A topic cited was Essay on Eye Donation for public education. I thought to myself, how can this go beyond Ophthalmology? & how could it be different? For the guidelines laid down by the Government is Universal to all Ophthalmologists. Still pondering over the thoughts whether or not I should even attempt to pen down my views. Read more...
DRAFT STRATEGY PAPER FOR the XIIth Five Year Plan (2012-17) for elimination of Avoidable Blindness from India
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The global burden of blindness is 50 million in year 2000. This will grow to 75 million by the year 2020 unless special efforts are taken to arrest & reverse this trend.
Towards this purpose, a global initiative called 'Vision 2020 Right to sight" was launched as a collaborative movement by WHO (representing governments) and IAPB (representing International Non profit NGO organizations) in 1999. India is committed to reduce the burden of avoidable blindness by the year 2020 by adopting strategies advocated for Vision 2020. To align and collate efforts of different sectors and organizations towards the National Plan of Action there emerges a stronger need for a representative forum in parallel to the global body to achieve the goals of vision 2020 in India. There are an estimated 12 million blind people in the country. Over 90% of the blind live in Rural Areas. Because of the increase in life expectancy and the projected increase in country population this number is likely to rise to more than 18 million by the year 2020 if current trends continue. Blindness is mainly a problem of developing countries like ours, but a problem, which could be avoided in up to 80% of cases.
