CBM Inclusive Eye Health Report 2022:
Accessible, Available and Affordable Eye Care for Everyone
CBM has published our Inclusive Eye Health Annual Report 2022. CBM will continue to work with partners to ensure that people with visual impairments receive the eye health care they need so that they can achieve their full potential.
To mark World Sight Day, CBM’s Inclusive Eye Health Initiative has published its Annual Report. It reflects the diversity and innovation of our current 119 eye health projects in 32 countries and the progress made for more inclusive, accessible and comprehensive eye care.
The report highlights our work in India, where CBM collaborates with our eye health partners. Together, we provide services that are inclusive, comprehensive and integrated into existing health systems to meet the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable people.
It also provides an update on our partnership with Peek Vision, which is going from strength to strength. CBM's support and technical expertise, combined with Peek's software are enabling communities and school-based eye health programmes to become more efficient. By the end of December 2021, CBM programmes powered by Peek reached over 506,000 people. CBM connected over 108,100 patients to the care they need in Ethiopia, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
Country Highlights of CBM's Eye Care Programmes In 2021
India
Kenya
Côte d'Ivoire
Pakistan
Tanzania
Zimbabwe and Nigeria
Focus on Global Policy and Development
CBM is part of two advocacy groups working for more equitable and available eye care. Together with members of the IAPB Core Advocacy Group, CBM works to strengthen political will and elevate eye health in global policy developments and institutions, strengthen global accountability, and support members to advocate for person-centred eye care.
CBM is working with United Friends of Vision to implement last year's UN General Assembly resolution - Vision for Everyone - to maintain global momentum for eye health as an accelerator for progress on the SDGs.
Scholarship programme
CBM is currently running a scholarship programme in Africa. 22 medical students from Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania are training to specialise in ophthalmology. After graduation, the newly qualified doctors work for a certain time in eye clinics and eye centres in their home countries or in regions where there are few or no ophthalmologists. The aim is to facilitate access to equitable and comprehensive eye care for people in African countries by providing high-quality training and increasing the number of specialists.