How can the ARVO community contribute to improving vision and eye health outcomes in response to the call from WHO?
Presenters
Neeru Gupta, MD, PhD, MBA; Stuart Keel, PhD; Ivo Kocur, MD, MA, MSc, MBA; Description
Audience: Clinicians and vision researchers.
In this webinar experts will address action items from the World report on vision (WRV) with the intention of helping ARVO members to better understand their potential roles in advocating for:
- The importance that vision and eye health to be included in all health care.
- The need to help develop an action plan concerning eye research to respond to WHO’s call.
- Reviewing and measuring the benefit of the eye care packages developed by WHO.
- Developing suggestions for low/middle incomes countries to address the eye care needs of their populations.
Estimated Duration
1 hour 15 minutes
Members-in-Training ($0); Members ($0)
Description
Organizers
This webinar was organized by the Global Members (GMC) Committee.
Attendees will leave this session with the ability to:
- Explain the causes and magnitude of the growing prevalence of visual impairment and blindness
- Discuss the responses that have opened the door for goals in the next decade by the WHO and United Nations
- Recall potential research questions that can help to measure change and attempt to alleviate the impending increase in myopia prevalence and improve cataract outcomes.
*This webinar was hosted live on June 22, 2022.
