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A2Z Child Blindness Program Partners meet in Washington, DC to share experiences and explore emerging priorities
On November 2, 2009, 33 representatives from 15 eye care, health, and education organizations, as well as advisors from USAID, met in Washington, DC to participate in the A2Z Child Blindness Program Partners Meeting. The goal of the two-day meeting was to convene stakeholders of the A2Z Child Blindness Program to review project experiences, achievements and challenges. Participants also discussed emerging priorities in pediatric eye care service delivery and how the A2Z Child Blindness Program could respond to these needs. Click here to view meeting report, presentations, and materials

 

credit: Fred Hollows Foundation, VietnamKilimanjaro Center for Community Ophthalmology (KCCO) coordinates second childhood cataract stakeholders meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
On June 8, 2009, KCCO convened a second stakeholders meeting, entitled ‘Recognition, referral, and surgical intervention of children with severe visual impairment and blindness due to cataract:  Review of evidence.’  The meeting brought together multiple partners working across Tanzania including Christian Blind Mission; Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania; Tanzania Society for the Blind; and, the Ministry of Health.  Participants reviewed the progress of recent interventions and discussed strategies for improving case detection, referrals, treatment and follow-up care. 

KCCO presented the following presentations at the meeting:

VisionSpring featured in Harvard Business Review ‘Toolkit’: Making Better Investments at the Base of the Pyramid, By: Ted London 
VisionSpring’s work in Andhra Pradesh, India is highlighted in the May 2009 Harvard Business Review feature which focuses on methods for measuring the impact of ‘base of the pyramid’ approaches. An excerpt is available here: http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org/2009/05/making-better-investments-at-the-base-of-the-pyramid/ar/1  (full article requires subscription)

 

Image of ‘A2Z – The USAID Micronutrient and Child Blindness Project: Fostering Innovative Approaches to Saving Sight’ ‘A2Z – The USAID Micronutrient and Child Blindness Project: Fostering Innovative Approaches to Saving Sight’ 
On April 18, 2009, Roshelle Payes, A2Z Child Blindness Program Manager, participated in the panel presentation ‘Innovative Approaches to Overwhelming Need’ at Unite for Sight’s 5th Global Health & Innovation Summit at Yale University. Download the presentation here.

 

USAID Blindness Program Assists One Million Children in 23 Countries
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In the past year, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Child Blindness Program assisted over one million people through eye health education, comprehensive vision screening, refractive error correction, sight-restoring surgery, and education for blind children. Read full press release:  http://www.usaid.gov/press/releases/2009/pr090304r.html

 

Child Blindness Program Receives Recognition Plaque
In February 2009, FUDEM inaugurated its second satellite eye care clinic in Soyapango, El Salvador.  An Organization Development grant supported the purchase of essential equipment for one of the clinic’s exam rooms.  As part of the opening ceremony, FUDEM awarded a recognition plaque to AED for its contribution in expanding pediatric services. 

 

Image of The USAID Child Blindness Program: Fostering Development through the Prevention and Treatment of Blinding Eye DiseasePublication: The USAID Child Blindness Program: Fostering Development through the Prevention and Treatment of Blinding Eye Disease
An overview of USAID’s activities in addressing avoidable blindness. Download the publication here.

 

Image of Looking to the Future with HopePublication: Looking to the Future with Hope
Stories from past child blindness activities. Download the publication here.

 

 

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