The recent adoption of the World Health Assembly resolution, ‘Integrated people-centred eye care, including preventable vision impairment and blindness’ (IPEC resolution), by 194 countries is a major milestone for global eye health. In 2019, the World Health Organization launched the World Report on Vision. The first report of its kind, it laid out a comprehensive global… Continue reading Operation Eyesight welcomes the newly adopted IPEC resolution by the WHO
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Why community health workers are so crucial
Rupoda is a community health worker based out of the Borhola Vision Centre in the Indian state of Assam. Over the last four years she has been educating her community about eye health and referring those who need follow-up care to the vision centre. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has hindered eye health activities in Assam,… Continue reading Why community health workers are so crucial
Creating a positive partnership with the Ministry of Health
The WHO Global Action Plan 2014-2019 recognizes the importance of governments and their partners to invest in reducing avoidable visual impairment and recommends integration of eye care services in the wider health services and systems for sustainability. Operation Eyesight has forged a partnership with the Ministry of Health in Kenya and supports implementation of the… Continue reading Creating a positive partnership with the Ministry of Health
When Access to Eye Health Care Isn’t a Given
What would you do if you didn’t have access to health care you urgently needed? I’ve never faced that question until recently. I’ve always suffered from impaired vision. I am extremely near-sighted, and I’ve always needed glasses or contact lenses to do anything. But I’ve never gone without. When I was seven years old, I… Continue reading When Access to Eye Health Care Isn’t a Given
