CUGH 2023 Satellite Session 15: Eliminating blindness and improving eye health

CUGH 2023 Virtual Satellite Sessions
April 3-7, 2023

Eliminating blindness and improving eye health central to achieving education, economic and gender sustainable development goals for 2030
Satellite ID: SA15
Satellite Organizer: American Academy of Ophthalmology and the University of British Columbia

Visual impairment and blindness directly impacts almost 200 million people and indirectly impacts their immediate families. The vast majority of people with preventable or treatable vision impairments reside in low-and-middle income countries.

Yet there are cost-effective interventions to eliminate blindness and increase access to eye care services for adult and children.

Learn how you can have an impact and change the life trajectory for these patients and their families.

Presentations and their respective speakers include:

The Burden of Blindness on Family and Society

Jennifer Padnaik – Global Burden of Blindness for Adults and Children

Kevin Frick – Burden of Blindness on Society

Ciku Mathenge – Gender and Blindness, Solutions Focusing on Gender Inequity (ie. Microfinancing Groups in Africa)

The Need for Cross Discipline Solutions

Haripriya Aravind – HR Capacity Building in Task Shifting to Make Ophthalmologist More Productive

David Chang – Making our High-Volume Services More Sustainable

Sheila West – Bridging Research to Policy Gap