Detecting Vision Problems in Children

P VIJAYALAKSHMI | Senior Paediatric Ophthalmologist and Chief of Vision Rehabilitation Center: Aravind Eye Care System, Madurai, India.Screening can detect eye conditions early – which is especially important in children,…

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IAPB Launches Eye Health for Technology Guide

The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) and the Technology Taskforce have developed a guide that aims to help policy makers, funders, and innovators and manufacturers of emerging…

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IACLE Announces the 2022 Contact Lens Educator Awardees

The International Association of Contact Lens Educators (IACLE), a leading provider of educational and information resources essential to contact lens educators, awards eye care professionals for their efforts in contact…

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IAPB Launches WHO Eye Care in Health Systems Guide for Action

Truffles the Kitty, a tuxedo cat, is a feline ambassador for children’s vision care. She wears eyeglasses to make children feel comfortable wearing them and during an eye test and fitting.

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Eyezone Conducts Vision Screening to 796 Children at the Avenues Mall in Kuwait

Truffles the Kitty, a tuxedo cat, is a feline ambassador for children’s vision care. She wears eyeglasses to make children feel comfortable wearing them and during an eye test and fitting.

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Eyezone to Hold Vision Screening for Children at the Avenues

Truffles the Kitty, a tuxedo cat, is a feline ambassador for children’s vision care. She wears eyeglasses to make children feel comfortable wearing them and during an eye test and fitting.

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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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