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Latest developments in international efforts for VISION 2020 - its members & their activities

  1. IAPB Raises Blindness Prevention Profile at WOC 2012

    The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness to exhibit at the World Ophthalmology Congress

  2. Latin America Stats Lead the World!

    IAPB Latin America office launches new epidemiological data webpage

  3. WHO Executive Board 'Decides' on Action

    World Health Organization agrees to prepare a new Action Plan on avoidable blindness and visual impairment

Forthcoming Events

  1. Apr
    24

    Forum 2012 - COHRED/Global Forum for Health Research

  2. Nov
    16

    World Blind Union and ICEVI General Assembly 2012

    Bangkok, Thailand, November 2012

  3. Apr
    13

    APAO 2012, Busan, Korea

    Joint congress of Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) and SOE, held in conjunction with the 107th Annual Meeting of KOS

Simila, photo courtesy of The Fred Hollows Foundation

80% of visual impairment is avoidable

 small girl, Congo. Photo © CBM

VISION 2020 is the global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness

 small girl, Congo. Photo copyright CBM

- a joint programme of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness and World Health Organization

 small boy with glasses in classroom - photo courtesy of Jamshyd Masud / Sightsavers
small boy with glasses in classroom - photo courtesy of Jamshyd Masud / Sightsavers

                                                                                                                                                                                                         Working together to eliminate avoidable blindness

 Surgical training in Ethiopia, photo by Polly Braden for ORBIS International
Surgical training in Ethiopia, photo by Polly Braden for ORBIS International

                                                                                                                                                                                                               90% of people with visual impairment live in developing countries

 

 Primary Eye Care community outreach in Bangladesh photo by Matt Shonfeld for ORBIS
Outreach worker examines children in Bangladesh

IAPB represents over 100 organisations - united against avoidable blindness & visual impairment

 Simila, photo courtesy of The Fred Hollows Foundation
Simila, photo courtesy of The Fred Hollows Foundation

IAPB represents over 100 organisations - united against avoidable blindness & visual impairment

 Simila, photo courtesy of The Fred Hollows Foundation

9th General Assembly

9GA logo

IAPB Ninth General Assembly (9GA), Hyderabad, India, 2012

World Sight Day 2011

World Sight Day - 13 October 2011

World Sight Day, 13 October 2011

IAPB Standard List

New Standard List

NEW, interactive, online IAPB Standard List

Global Network

world map - Africa, Europe, Americas, Asia, Pacific

Disease prevalence, service data, contacts

What is IAPB?

International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) logo

International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness

A coordinating, umbrella organisation, leading international efforts for blindness prevention & bringing stakeholders together...

VISION 2020 Learning & Development

South African workshop, 2009. Photo by Hessom Razavi

Sharing, networking and new ideas, facilitated by ICEH

VISION 2020 - working together to eliminate avoidable blindness

VISION 2020 is the global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness, a joint programme of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) with an international membership of NGOs, professional associations, eye care institutions and corporations.

 

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Last updated: 01-12-2009