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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.
VCA-Lebanon Vision Atlas Evidence Series: Universal eye health: a global action plan 2014–2019 indicators This 15-page PDF summarises progress with the national indicators set in “Universal eye health: a global action plan 2014–2019”.
VCA-Lebanon Vision Atlas Evidence Series: Magnitude of Vision Loss This 10-page PDF covers the key messages from the Vision Loss Expert Group’s 2020 study “Trends in prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment over 30 years” through images, charts and text summaries.
VCA-Lebanon The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health: VISION Beyond 2020 The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health: VISION Beyond 2020 is the work of 73 experts from 25 countries globally, and is a synthesis of new and existing research in eye health.
VCA-Lebanon The roadmap to UHC for eye health through Integrated People Centred Eye Care To achieve UHC at a country-level, health systems around the world are adopting an integrated and people-centred approach to health services. This means putting the comprehensive needs of people and communities, not only diseases, at the centre of health systems, and…
VCA-Lebanon Advocacy Brief: Achieving a Life Course of Healthy Vision Achieving a Life Course of Healthy Vision, a policy brief from IAPB, The International Federation on Ageing (IFA), The European Council of Optometry and Optics (ECOO) and The Global Coalition on Aging outlines the need for action to support a life course of healthy vision…
