IAPB Stuart Keel Alarcos Cieza World Health Organization (WHO) Sumrana Yasmin Sightsavers CooperVision ZEISS Group International Labour Organization Sightsavers_Pol Jennifer Gersbeck Fred Hollows Sumrana Yasmin now speaking to the challenges that exist in providing RE services in an equitable manner while highlighting the Sightsavers priority of system strengthening and the need for cross-governmental collaboration to ensure that we #LeaveNoOneBehind

IAPB Stuart Keel Alarcos Cieza World Health Organization (WHO) Sumrana Yasmin Sightsavers CooperVision ZEISS Group International Labour Organization Sightsavers_Pol Jennifer Gersbeck Fred Hollows Some great questions from the audience ranging from his to generate demand, quality of spectacles and costs associated for LMICS, how to address preventable refractive errors and how to hyper localise services.

IAPB Stuart Keel Alarcos Cieza World Health Organization (WHO) Sumrana Yasmin Sightsavers CooperVision ZEISS Group International Labour Organization Sightsavers_Pol Jennifer Gersbeck Fred Hollows Bente Mikkelsen from World Health Organization (WHO) making a powerful call for sensory issues, including access to eye care, in the next political declaration on NCDs.

Today at #WHA77 : 'Universal Access to Glasses: Promoting Multisectoral Action' from the
@IAPB x World Health Organization (WHO) at 8am CET 👓

Sumrana Yasmin, Sightsavers' Deputy Technical Director, will join the panel. You can watch it as it happens here 👇
iapb.world/iapb_wha_lives…

The backlash against #GenderEquality is not only a threat to women, but to the whole society 👥

Gender-responsive health systems drive progress for #HealthForAll , improving access to health for EVERYONE.

#TakeAStand for the rights of women and girls this #WHA77

It's great to see the focus on neglected tropical diseases at the World Health Organization (WHO)'s World Health Assembly this week. 🙌

Sightsavers are working to beat five of these diseases, including river blindness and lymphatic filariasis. Will you help us #BeatNTDs ?

sightsavers.org/protecting-sig… #WHA77

Tomorrow at #WHA77 , Sumrana Yasmin talks all things #SPECS2030 , and everyone having access to the specs they need.

Register now! 👇 @IAPB World Health Organization (WHO)

Join us at the side event 'Universal Access to Glasses: Promoting Multisectoral Action' at the #WHA77 where we will discuss how to tackle the global challenge of #UncorrectedRefractiveErrors .

Register here brnw.ch/21wKbVM

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🌍 Exciting progress in Cameroon!

Our focus group sessions, in collaboration with Sightsavers, are amplifying the voices of people with intellectual disabilities. We're dedicated to breaking down barriers and enhancing civic participation through the insights we hear.

Despite progress, the world is still off-track to achieve the health-related Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

WHO’s role in global health is more relevant than ever with the world facing intersecting crises like climate change, disease outbreaks, conflicts & more ⬇️

Day 3 of the 77th session of the World Health Assembly will start from 09h00!

Today’s programme and recap from yesterday
📖 bit.ly/3Kjaw23

More information on #WHA77
📖 bit.ly/77thWorldHealt…

.Thoko finishes her keynote IFPMA climate change & NTDs event #WHA77 :
“I call on everyone in this room to be an advocate, to work together to make sure the health impacts of climate change are visible to decisionmakers in order to unlock vital action & funding #BeatNTDs

Inclusion is at the heart of our work. Our education projects demonstrate the power of inclusion, proving that children thrive in school when everyone is welcomed and supported.

#BreakingBarriers #InclusiveEducation

„We can’t talk about issues that affect women when women aren’t sitting at the table to discuss those” Fiona Lawless from WGH Ireland, representing Sightsavers, reflects on the importance of women’s voices being included in ongoing discussions around World Health Organization (WHO) #GPW14 #WomenInGH

I'm at #WHA77 this week with Sightsavers Policy and Research colleagues. We're participating in side events, delivering statements on UHC and GPW14 and listening and learning.

'Our achievements could be reversed, if we don't finish the job.'

Sightsavers' Philip Downs explains that the world has made progress on eliminating two NTDs. We should now increase our efforts to beat these diseases. #WHA77 #RLMFund

Read more ⬇️
sightsavers.org/blogs/2023/12/…

« We can’t talk about issues that affect women when women aren’t sitting at the table to discuss those »Fiona Lawless #GPW14

Thanks to the Chancellor and the vice-chancellor of the University of Abomey-Calavi for joining the #EqualWorld campaign amplifying the voice of the young person with disability ahead of #SOTF #YouthLead #Sightsavers