Public Health and Development Committee
Works on projects and forges alliances with other organisations in support of VISION 2020: The Right to Sight.
VISION 2020 Roadmap Working Group
Develops the public health took kit that outlines a strategic course for optometry’s active involvement in VISION 2020 programmes. The roadmap identifies key priorities, leverage points, gaps and constraints, technical considerations and operational strategies for the improvement of eye and vision care.
Refractive Error Study in Children Working Group & Project Team
Strives to assess the feasibility of conducting a major study that estimates the prevalence of vision impairment and associated refractive error and the use of corrective spectacles in school children.
Public Health Committee Chair: Prof Kovin Naidoo, South Africa
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