Cardiff University, UK, are offering five optometrists a Scholarship to study the MSc Clinical Optometry at their School of Optometry.
The development of an advocacy strategy to help lobby governments around the world to ensure optometry is recognised as a key profession in the public health sector, was one of the main topics of conversation at the World Council of Optometrys (WCO) recent General Delegates Meeting in Malaga, Spain (21 April).
An Academic Vision Centre was handed over to the Malawi Ministry of Health in April by a consortium of partners dedicated to the eradication of avoidable blindness in Southern Africa.
Dr Jillia Bird, WCO International Optometrist Award winner, has been named as the new President of the World Glaucoma Patient Association.
The World Council of Optometry (WCO) announced the winners of its international optometry awards at a ceremony in Malaga, Spain (Saturday 20 April).
23 - 25 May 2013
Amman, Jordan
25 - 26 May 2013
Istanbul. Turkey
26 - 30 June 2013
San Diego, USA
10 - 13 July 2013
Edmonton, Alberta
30 August - 1 September 2013
Cape Town, South Africa
2 - 4 October 2013
Seoul, Korea
11 - 13 October 2013
Hyatt Hotel, Trinidad
WCO, through its charity the World Optometry Foundation, is a partner in Optometry Giving Sight