The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness
VCA-Lebanon Integrating eye health into the NCD response The Fred Hollows Foundation & the NCD Alliance have launched a policy brief which aims to identify key challenges and cost-effective solutions for the integration of eye care into health services.
VCA-Lebanon Position Paper on Presbyopia Given the critical need for good near vision in performing daily tasks4 and the scale of presbyopia as a form of visual impairment, IAPB recommends that presbyopia be prioritized and addressed. The principles that IAPB endorses are related to the method of correction, human resources, and health system fit, utilizing…
VCA-Lebanon Equipment specifications: Fundus camera for diabetic retinopathy screening This document specifies the minimum standards for a non-mydriatic digital fundus (retinal) camera unit. The unit can be a fixed or portable fundus camera.
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 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 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…
VCA-Lebanon Eye Health in the Commonwealth: Progress Report 2018 to 2020 This first two-yearly report presents the progress achieved from 2018 to 2020 on the CHOGM commitments to action towards achieving access to quality eye care for all, including the elimination of trachoma, as an input to the next Commonwealth Health Ministers’ Meeting and CHOGM.
VCA-Lebanon Call To Action for Environmentally Sustainable Practices in The Eye Health Sector The Climate Action Working Group continues to bring awareness to the eye health sector and support stakeholders to take steps to become more environmentally sustainable, one of the biggest global health priorities.
VCA-Lebanon Vision Atlas Evidence Series: The Causes of Vision Loss This 14-page PDF covers the key messages from the Vision Loss Expert Group’s 2020 study “Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years.” through images, charts and text summaries.
