Transcript The Global Context

The Global
Context
WHO and IAPB
• VISION 2020 launched in 1999
• A world in which no one is needlessly
blind and where those with unavoidable
vision loss can achieve their full
potential
• Formation of VISION 2020 UK
• UK Vision Strategy 2008 and refreshed
2013
What VISION 2020 UK
offers
An umbrella organisation which
facilitates greater collaboration
and co-operation between
organisations within the UK
Our purpose
• Prevention of sight loss
• Improvement in Services
• Inclusion of people with sight loss
in society
VISION 2020 UK Members
Over 50 members covering
professional, public sector, and
charitable bodies, including all
the major eye health professions
and sight loss charities
What we do
• Working to implement the Vision strategy
in all countries of the UK
• Special Interest groups bringing the sector
together to develop standards, information
and raising awareness amongst
professionals, the public and institutions
• Work directly with membership to respond
to government and link other health and
social care organisations
Counselling and Emotional
Support Group
Chair
Mairi Thurston
WHO Global Action Plan 2014-2019
• The measurement of the magnitude and
causes of sight loss;
• The development of integrated eye
health policies, plans and programmes;
• Engagement and multi- sectoral
partnerships
Responding to the global
action plan
• New UK prevalence study?
• Scottish Vision Strategy and
See Hear
• New country partners?