Partnerships and WHO Collaborating Centres
VISON 2020 - The Right to Sight Initiative
A global partnership between WHO and the International Agency for Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) aiming to eliminate avoidable blindness by the year 2020.
GET 2020 - Global Elimination of blinding trachoma by 2020
Coordinating the activities of the WHO Alliance for Global Elimination of Trachoma by the year 2020 (GET 2020), a partnership between WHO, Member States, NGOs, foundations, and industry engaged in the control and elimination of blinding trachoma.
Prevention of childhood blindness
Project on Prevention of Avoidable Childhood Blindness, financially supported by the Lions Clubs International Foundation - SightFirst Initiative.
World Health Organization Collaborating Centres
NGOs in official relations with Prevention of Blindness and Visual Impairment
- Christoffel-Blindenmission
- Helen Keller International
- International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness
- International Eye Foundation
- The International Council of Ophthalmology
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International Organization Against Trachoma
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- ORBIS International
- Rotary International
- The International Association of Lions Clubs
- Sight Savers International
- World Blind Union
- World Council of Optometry
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