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Source: VCA WHO International Consensus Conference on Vision Rehabilitation Standards This document is the outcome of a consultative process to elaborate international standards on vision rehabilitation. The process, which began in 2014, culminated in the International Consensus Conference on Vision rehabilitation, Rome (Italy) 9 – 12 December 2015.
Source: VCA The Impact of Myopia and high Myopia Report of the Joint World Health Organization–Brien Holden Vision Institute Global Scientific Meeting on Myopia – University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 16–18 March 2015
Source: VCA Investing in eye health: securing the support of decision-makers Investing in eye health: securing the support of decision-makers
Source: VCA WHO Global Action Plan 2014-2019 The global action plan 2014–2019 (GAP ) aims to reduce avoidable visual impairment as a global public health problem and to secure access to rehabilitation services for the visually impaired.
Source: VCA Strategies for the prevention of blindness in national programmes : a primary health care approach, 2nd ed the book will continue to be widely used in planning and developing national programs for prevention of blindness
Source: VCA VISION 2020 Action Plan 2006-2011 The global initiative known as ‘VISION 2020: the Right to Sight’ is an established partnership between the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB).
Source: VCA Protection against exposure to ultraviolet radiation The INTERSUN report, based on a WHO Task Group review with UNEP and ICNIRP, highlights adverse health effects of UV exposure. It calls for more research and educational programs to protect those most exposed to UV radiation.
Source: VCA VISION 2020 Global Initiative: 1999 This document was produced following consultations held in Geneva during 1996 and 1997, convened by the WHO Programme for the Prevention of Blindness and Deafness (PBD) at the request of, and with support from, the Task Force of the Partnership Committee of Nongovernmental Development Organizations (An earlier form…
Source: VCA Global report on assistive technology The Global Report on Assistive Technology offers a way forward through ten key recommendations that call for people_x0002_centered, collaborative and multisectoral actions to make access to assistive technology a reality for all those in need.
Source: VCA WHO recommendations on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal experience The WHO Eye and Vision Care team and a team at ICEH collaborated in a systematic review of published literature and guidelines on newborn eye screening, resulting in the inclusion of newborn eye screening in WHO’s guideline, for the first time.
