Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is about ensuring people have access to the health care services they need, when they need them, without suffering financial hardship. UHC includes the full spectrum of health services from health promotion, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. This also means having a qualified workforce of trained and motivated health workers. When countries… Continue reading Eye Health is a Critical Component of Universal Health Coverage
Category: Sustainable Development Goals
Operation Eyesight welcomes the newly adopted IPEC resolution by the WHO
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
Achieving Gender Equity in Eye Health
Vision impairment is a gender issue. Women and girls are more likely to suffer from vision impairment than men or boys. This is due to many factors, such as their traditional roles in the household involving cleaning and caring for ill family members, and the fact that they are less likely to receive access to… Continue reading Achieving Gender Equity in Eye Health
A day in the life of a program officer
For Vineela Cherukuri, her position as a Program Officer with Operation Eyesight in India is not just a career she had dreamed of, but also an opportunity to create lasting changes in the lives of thousands of people! Vineela joined our family in August 2018, after working for two years as a clinical optometrist at… Continue reading A day in the life of a program officer
