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One week until the Global Summit for Eye Health!
VCF is proud to endorse the St John’s Global Compact for Eye Health.
Through our @WorldBankGroup partnership, we're helping turn ambition into investment and lasting change.
Join the 1 Billion Pledge: globalsummitforeyehealth.org…
Great to be in Geneva for the Global SPECS Network meeting at @WHO .
Lots of good conversations about getting glasses to more people at scale, closely linked to VCF’s work with the World Bank to embed eye health into wider health systems and financing.
#SPECS2030 #EyeHealth
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Investing in eye health delivers high returns. At #UNGA80, UN Friends of Vision + IAPB bring together global leaders to share evidence, strategies & actions to end avoidable sight loss. iapb.org/?post_type=news&p=3…
#ValueofVision #UNFoV @Seva_Foundation @FredHollowss
As 2030 IN SIGHT LIVE Kenya has ended, we thank @IAPB1 for bringing the eye health sector together in Nairobi for such an important few days of discussion, connection and momentum.
Thank you to all those we connected with, and we look forward to the next phase of our mission.
At @IAPB1 2030 IN SIGHT LIVE in Nairobi, we were proud to announce a new partnership with the @WorldBankGroup to help transform how eye health is financed globally.
A landmark moment & an important step forward for the wider eye health sector. bit.ly/4euVDJH
Vision Catalyst Fund retweeted
NEWS: @WorldBankGroup & @catalyst_fund launch a partnership to transform how eye health is financed globally.
A $2.2M investment to unlock sustainable, nationally led eye care at scale. wrld.bg/xBzR50Z8noi
🌟 Proud to fund the incredible work of
@LSHTM
! 📷 Half of all blind children don’t need to be. Thanks to LSHTM’s innovative Child Eye Health Project, primary health workers in 📷 Watch the impact:🎥 youtu.be/qUo3INzoZrM?si=q8cU…
It's #WorldSightDay! Join us in raising awareness about the importance of eye care for children and young adults. Early intervention is vital to unlock their full potential. #LoveYourEyes #WorldSightDay
With a population estimated at 60 million, South Africa faces significant challenges regarding visual impairment, which is the most common disability in the country. Learn more here: @CHAI_health 😎🇿🇦👀👁️ visioncatalystfund.org/news/…
“Thanks to this generous donation, we have been able to reduce the spectacle waiting list by half, from 13,001 to 7,600" - Florence Ramakuela, Provincial Eye Health Care Manager, Limpopo😎 Learn more about @CHAI_health work in South Africa here 🇿🇦👁️🤝visioncatalystfund.org/news/…
Our Chief Executive, Dr Andrew Cooper, is hosting a #Changemaker session at #2030InSight in Mexico this week, joined by experts from #LivelihoodImpactFund @USAID @FordFoundation to talk about scaling up and the collective effort needed to catalyse funding.
We are proud to be a #Changemaker at 2030 IN SIGHT LIVE next week in Mexico City. Join us and @IAPB1 next week in Mexico for our session on catalysing funding to ensure that 2030 is in sight for everyone. 📆25 – 27 June. Register today. iapb.org/2030LIVE #2030InSight
Our Chief Executive @drandrewcooper is in Geneva for the official launch of @WHO #SPECS2030. Stay tuned for more! The world’s biggest cause of vision impairment can become a global health
success story – if we #haveaVison to make it happen.#EYECare4All 👁️👁️
ALT Young person wearing glasses and smiling.
Small things make all the difference❤️"The delivery of reading glasses has helped me see better in everything I do at home." - Catalina, 77, who received reading glasses through @RestoringVision and @MSHHealthImpact work with #pension65 in Peru 🇵🇪😎
"The reading glasses they gave me are useful because I could not see up close. They help me in daily tasks like reading and using my cell phone." - Pablo, 76, who received reading glasses through @RestoringVision and @MSHHealthImpact collaboration with #pension65 in Peru 🇵🇪👁️
How do you deliver reading glasses at scale? Hear from @RestoringVision and @MSHHealthImpact who are aiming to serve at least 500,000 Peruvian pensioners by 2025 🚀📈👀 Learn more: visioncatalystfund.org/news/…
Vision screening in Kampot, Cambodia this week with @CHAI_health as part of their Project Expand initiative 🩺🫀💊👁️🌏 Learn more lnkd.in/gNY-Dcpf
Thank you @Levoca for inviting @askewadam to present at the Outcomes Finance Alliance Summit in Zurich🇨🇭Adam presented our Social Impact Guarantee which will raise new capital for eye health👁️around the world 🌏starting with programmes in Vietnam🇻🇳
"I am so happy to get screened for NCDs and eye diseases because I have never been screened before. I did not have the time to travel to the Referral Hospital because of my job as a farmer" - Mrs. Pheap volunteer patient in @CHAI_health Cambodia programme
“I have never received training on eye health before. Now, I have learned the risk factors for developing NCDs and the impact of high blood pressure and diabetes on eye health." Learn more about Royal Government of Cambodia and @CHAI_health work: clintonhealthaccess.org/blog…
