IAPB and VISION 2020

VISION 2020 UK AGMSeptember 2013

Peter Ackland, CEO.

Founded in 1975 by Sir John Wilson.

125 members

International & local NGOs Professional Bodies Universities Corporate companies

Council of Members Board of Trustees

IAPB has seven regionsand a global office in London

N. America &The Caribbean

Latin America

Africa

Europe

EasternMed.

S. E. Asia

WestPacific

Mission:

To achieve universal access to eye health, by:

1) adding value to and maximising the impact of the individual and collective work of our Members, including those who strive for the inclusion and rehabilitation of those with vision loss

2) promoting knowledge and awareness of comprehensive eye health system development, particularly at country level.

Key IAPB activities:

1) Advocacy

2) Promotes knowledge and good practice.

3) Provides services to its’ Members.

4) Co-ordinates Seeing is Believing grant programme

In 1999 the World Health Organizationand IAPB founded VISION 2020

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With Vision 2020

Without Vision 2020

2000 2010 2020

Latest data 39m

Predicted global numberof blind people

millions

Numbers of Blind persons against original VISION 2020 predictions.

Courtesy Allen Foster

GBD Blindness Estimates Age-standardized and Total Number

1990 1995 2000 2005 20100.0%

0.1%

0.2%

0.3%

0.4%

0.5%

0.6%

0.7%

0.8%

0.9%

1.0%

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5,000,000

10,000,000

15,000,000

20,000,000

25,000,000

30,000,000

35,000,000

40,000,000

Age-standardized Prevalence

EstimatedNumber blind

Courtesy Rupert Bourne

Four World Health Assembly Resolutions and Two Action Plans 2009 and 2013

WHA 62.12009

Universal Access to Eye Health:

A Global Action Plan,

2014 – 2019

WHA 66.11 2013

Advocacy

http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA66/A66_11-en.pdf

Implementation at country level

What does Universal Eye Health Mean?

1) Comprehensive eye care services - promotion, prevention, rehabilitation and care, - covering the range of causes of vision impairment, - providing services to those at risk of, and with, visual impairment

2) Eye health integrated into health systems. - across the six areas of a health system

3) Reaching everyone - the poor, marginalized, people in rural areas, vision impaired, minorities - tackling barriers which these groups face to ensure use of services

4) Point of care payment should not prevent access - it must be free for the poorest

The need for effective national bodies to press forUniversal Eye Health Coverage in each country.

1) Presently 14 VISION 2020 national bodies, - VISION 2020 Australia, India and UK are the strongest

2) 118 National Prevention of Blindness Committees, - effectiveness very variable – some very strong e.g. Pakistan

The ideal national body

National implementation

of AP

EffectiveAdvocatesRepresentational

Knowledgeable

European Coalition for Eye Health and Vision