Focusing on World Sight Day 2019

World Sight Day (WSD), co-ordinated by the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), is an international day of awareness, held annually on the second Thursday of October to focus attention on the global issue of avoidable blindness and visual impairment. This year World Sight Day falls on 10 October 2019.

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Mr. Ali Aminvand Acquires Full Ownership of Al-Jamil Optical

 

On 3 May 2019, Al-Jamil Optical held its annual gathering in Sharq, Kuwait City.

Since its advent, Al-Jamil Optical has maintained its tradition of holding a convention with all of its employees at least once a year. The agenda of this assemblage is to keep everyone intact with Al-Jamil Optical’s strategic stance on future endeavors and to give their employees a heads up for to what’s to come. Mr. Ali Aminvand, Owner of Al-Jamil Optical and Ms. Mahnaz Nekakhtar, CEO of Al-Jamil Optical, addressed the audience by giving a brief about the above-mentioned strategies. (more…)

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World Optometry Day exhibition sheds light on eye disease

World Optometry Day Exhibition, An-Najah University, Palestine

In light of the World Optometry Day, the Optometry Department of An-Najah National University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in Palestine organized the World Optometry Day Exhibition on March 23, 2019.

Spearheaded by Dr. Ithar Beshtawi, Educator and Head of the Optometry Department at An-Najah National University, the exhibition aimed at raising students’ and visitors’ awareness (more…)

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Call for abstracts for MEACO’s 14th International Congress 2019

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The Jordanian Optometric Syndicate, in collaboration with EMCO, will participate and collaborate with the Jordanian Ophthalmological Society which will host the Middle East African Council of Ophthalmology (MEACO) 14th International Congress from 5-8 September 2019. (more…)

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Brien Holden Vision Institute addresses factory workers eye health

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Attendees of the dissemination event hosted at Brien Holden Vision Insitute.

DURBAN, South Africa — A dissemination event was hosted at the Brien Holden Vision Institute office on June 23, 2018, in Durban. Prof Kovin Naidoo, CEO of Brien Holden Vision Institute and the Principal Investigator for the Work Productivity Study Research, presented the results to factory workers and factory managers who attended the event. (more…)

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2018 ISGEO Congress to be held in Hyderabad, India

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The 2018 ISGEO Congress will be held on 11-12 September 2018, in Hyderabad, India. This will take place a few days before the IAPB Council of Members which is being held in Hyderabad from 15-16 September. (more…)

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