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The Toolkit for Glaucoma Management in Sub-Saharan Africa was co-developed by more than a dozen high level, renowned glaucoma experts and general ophthalmologists from the region. It builds on the important ICO Guidelines for Glaucoma Eye Care and counts with invaluable contributions from the International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO), the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), the College of Ophthalmology for Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (COECSA), the Francophone African Ophthalmic Society (SAFO), the West African College of Surgeons (WACS), the African Glaucoma Consortium, the Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa Glaucoma and Ophthalmological Societies, as well as the scientific community and major international training institutions.

Click here to view the Toolkit for Glaucoma Management

Source: lightfortheworld.org

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are ancient diseases of poverty that impose a devastating human, social and economic burden on more than 1 billion people worldwide, predominantly in tropical and subtropical areas among the most vulnerable, marginalized populations.

Source: WHO.int

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Inclusive eye health (IEH) means ensuring eye care services are accessible and welcoming to all members of the community, including people with sensory, physical and intellectual impairments, and those with mental health conditions; it also means proactively ensuring that people with long term vision impairment access their right to wider opportunities in rehabilitation, health, education, livelihoods and social inclusion. IEH is essential for reaching the poorest people.

CBM has been actively building and sharing approaches in inclusive eye health since 2009. This has included the establishment of pilots and the production of training resources cobranded with IAPB, Vision 2020 and 14 other key agencies.

Source: cbm.org.uk

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The practices described in the complete user-friendly guide build on and capture innovation from CBM, its partners and others working in eye health globally.

These practices have been adopted and endorsed by 17 leading eye health and disability agencies around the world. It is hoped that all working in eye health will adopt the disability-inclusive approaches in this guide.

Key messages:

• A few practical steps can strengthen eye health programs to be welcoming of people from all disability groups, and ensure that those with long-term vision impairment access wider opportunities.
• 22% of the world’s poorest people have disabilities.
• At least 20% of people who are blind or have severe vision loss cannot have their sight restored.
• Disability access barriers include physical, communication, attitudinal and policy/ financial barriers.
• Many people with disabilities experience exclusion, stigma and discrimination, especially in relation to possible false beliefs about causes of impairment and the capacity of people with disabilities.

Source: cbm.org.uk

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A slide deck from IAPB to use when speaking to your Boards of Trustees, donors, and lay groups about how VISION 2020 was created, launched our partnerships, and achievements.

With acknowledgements to Victoria Sheffield, Hugh Taylor, Rupert Bourne, and Jude Stern for their contributions to this slide deck. Also to John Barrows for his help with charts, and Tejah Balantrapu and his team in India, especially Ishwarya Teeparthi.

Original Source: iapb.org

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