The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness
VCA-Lebanon Position Paper on Self Refraction with Adjustable Spectacles Adjustable spectacles prescribed under the guidance of suitably trained persons within a recognised service delivery system may be part of the solution to the global problem of vision impairment from uncorrected refractive error provided they meet optical standards defined by ISO
VCA-Lebanon SDGs Eye Health Excellence Relevance of SDG goals and targets to Eye Health and the elimination of avoidable blindness and visual impairment.
VCA-Lebanon The Indicators Framework in support of SDGs and eye health This paper provides analysis of important indicators and indicator processes of relevance to eye health, identifying challenges and opportunities and how we can leverage these for the benefit of people who are at risk of sight loss or persons with visual impairment. These include:…
VCA-Lebanon How to develop a national advocacy strategy on Human Resources for Eye Health This “How To” guide has been prepared to help you develop an advocacy strategy on Human Resources for Eye Health (HReH). It is particularly focussed on Change Objective #1 of the IAPB Africa HReH strategy
VCA-Lebanon Position Paper on Recycled Spectacles Each year, Eye Care Non-Governmental Organisations and Institutions are inundated with offers of recycled and used spectacles for the developing world. IAPB recognises the good intentions behind these donations, but advises that its members and other parties engaged in promoting eye health should no longer accept second-hand spectacles.
VCA-Lebanon Guidelines for Eye Health Committees This document is a guide for good practice. The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) recognizes that resources and situations differ from country to country, and that one model will not work everywhere.
VCA-Lebanon 2030 in Sight strategy document The challenge is more complex than ever before, the numbers are greater and the inequalities are only increasing. Therefore our ambition has to match this scale.
VCA-Lebanon Spectacle Coverage Report This IAPB report looks at the current data on spectacle coverage, in 27 countries where national level data are available. Spectacle coverage is presented for both distance vision and near vision loss due to URE.
VCA-Lebanon WHO Alliance for the Global Elimination of Trachoma by 2020: progress report on elimination of trachoma, 2020 The number of people at risk from trachoma, the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness, remained stable in 2020 despite disruptions to community-based interventions caused by COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported in its Weekly Epidemiological…
VCA-Lebanon Indian Entry Level Optometry Competency Skill Standard The goal of the Indian Entry Level Optometry Competency Skill Standard is to enable the schools of optometry in India to design their curriculum based on this document so that the optometry students passing out from their institute achieve the expected competency skills in/for the profession of…
