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At the 70th session of the WHO Regional Committee and during a recent climate action working group, CBM advocated for the inclusion of persons with disabilities affected by climate change.

Prior to the IAPB Council of Members 2019, CBM and Sightsavers led a workshop about inclusion and equity in eye health. This is a recap of learnings.

As part of the partnership between CBM and Peek Vision, a new school eye health programme is underway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is the first CBM-Peek programme to launch in the country and is being implemented by our partner ALERT Hospital in collaboration with district health and education authorities.

As part of the partnership between CBM and Peek Vision, a new school eye health programme is underway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is the first CBM-Peek programme to launch in the country and is being implemented by our partner ALERT Hospital in collaboration with district health and education authorities.

Results of a trial published in Lancet Global Health this month could pave the way for significant improvements in treatment for glaucoma in Sub-Saharan Africa.

World Sight Day (WSD) is an annual day of awareness and education around blindness and visual impairment. This year it will be celebrated on Thursday 14 October, with the theme ‘Love Your Eyes’.

Dr. Honorine Nizeyimana received a CBM grant earlier this year and has already started training in Uganda to be an ophthalmologist. In conversation with the 34-year-old doctor from Burundi, she tells us what the job means to her.

CBM experts, programme staff and partners shared key learnings at the NNN Network Conference on neglected tropical diseases.

On International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2020, read the inspiring story of Lydia Maundé from Malawi. Thanks to CBM-supported partners in Malawi (Macoha and Nkhoma Hospital) Lydia has regained her vision and can participate in daily life again.

This year, CBM will use this Day to bring attention to avoidable blindness.

The Asia and Americas Regional Office has launched the Impact Fund, a fund that will support projects with the potential to sustainably scale and improve the lives of persons with disabilities in their communities.

World Braille Day is celebrated annually on January 4. This Day is observed to raise awareness of the importance of Braille as a means of communication in the full realization of the human rights for blind and partially sighted people.

World Children’s Day is celebrated every year on the 20th of November, the day in 1989 when the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child. On this Day, we raise awareness, promote and celebrate children’s rights and children welfare, in order to build a better world for them.

For World Sight Day, CBM highlights an eye health campaign in Indonesia and recent contributions to the field of inclusive eye health.

The International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), also known as World Disability Day is observed on 3 December each year. This day aims to promote awareness of disability issues and mobilise support for the dignity, rights and inclusion of persons with disabilities.

CBM contributed technical expertise to WHO's first World Report on Vision, launched ahead of World Sight Day 2019. Read key findings related to CBM.

A normal day in the life of Dr. Slyvain el-Khoury who, until recently, was the CBM ophthalmologist working at the Kabgayi Clinic in Rwanda.

Earlier this year, CBM along with its local partner Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre for Disabled Children (HRDC) organised a mobile health and rehabilitation camp in Nepal.

CBM ran an inclusive eye health workshop for CBM partners and disabled persons' organisations in Zimbabwe to bring inclusion to eye care programmes.

On 7th October, the World Health Organization launches the guide ‘Mental health and neglected tropical diseases: towards a person-centred approach’. CBM is proud to have been part of a partnership calling for better attention to be paid to mental wellbeing for people affected by Neglected Tropical Diseases.

Results of a trial published in Lancet Global Health this month could pave the way for significant improvements in treatment for glaucoma in Sub-Saharan Africa.

World Sight Day is an annual day of awareness around blindness and visual impairment. This year it will be celebrated on 8 October, with the theme ‘Hope in Sight’.

Earlier this year, CBM along with its local partner Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre for Disabled Children (HRDC) organised a mobile health and rehabilitation camp in Nepal.

Myanmar has become the latest country to eliminate trachoma – the world’s leading infectious cause of preventable blindness - after validation results were announced by the World Health Organization (WHO) earlier this month.

One of the greatest challenges in delivering effective eye care to people who live in low or middle income countries is that those living in more remote communities find it hard to access the care they need. Enter - CBM's partnership with Peek Vision.

On the 27th of June we officially celebrate the anniversary of Helen Keller’s birth. To mark this important occasion, CBM has launched its guidelines. Access them here.

Thanks to all our wonderful donors, CBM was able to carry out the 15 millionth cataract operation this year! Because of this surgery, three-year-old Nakisinde from Uganda can finally discover the world with her own eyes.

As part of the partnership between CBM and Peek Vision, a new school eye health programme is underway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is the first CBM-Peek programme to launch in the country and is being implemented by our partner ALERT Hospital in collaboration with district health and education authorities.

Our annual report on our work to tackle Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) has just been launched virtually this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

World Sight Day (WSD) is an annual day of awareness and education around blindness and visual impairment. This year it will be celebrated on Thursday 14 October, with the theme ‘Love Your Eyes’.

A cross-disciplinary team assessed the impact of CBM-supported eye health programmes in 6 countries. Download the evaluation and poster-presentation.

On 28 July 2020, we celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the recognition of the human rights to water and sanitation. This resolution, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2010, recognised the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights.

Countries at the World Health Assembly have agreed today to adopt a new resolution on vision in an effort to reach the 1 billion people worldwide who do not have access to vital eye care services.

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has today, 23 July, adopted a Resolution committing the international community to eye care for the 1.1 billion people living with preventable sight loss by 2030.

Dr. Honorine Nizeyimana received a CBM grant earlier this year and has already started training in Uganda to be an ophthalmologist. In conversation with the 34-year-old doctor from Burundi, she tells us what the job means to her.

Globally, over 130 million people are at risk of trachoma and almost 2 million people are blind or visually impaired due to this bacterial eye infection. Without treatment, trachoma can lead to permanent blindness.

CBM staff appointed as the Vice President to the board of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB).

2020 has been declared as the ‘International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife’. Today, more than ever, we are witnessing the vital role played by frontline hospital staff, especially nurses and other hospital workers in providing health care around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurses are at the forefront of the pandemic response, providing high-quality treatment and care.

A mass drug administration (MDA) to fight trachoma, which is supported by CBM and Sightsavers is due to recommence in May 2021.

On 7 April 2021, World Health Day will be commemorated globally, under the theme “Together for a fairer, healthier world”. This year we transport you to Uganda, where our partner provides eye care on four wheels.

Since 2018, CBM is working in partnership with the social enterprise organisation Peek Vision Ltd. to carry out visual acuity tests (test to determine whether each eye can see clearly) using a smartphone, thus enabling us to reach people in the most remote regions of CBM project countries.

The MacArthur Foundation today unveiled CBM and coalition partners submitted one of the highest-scoring proposals, designated as the Top 100, in its 100&Change competition for a single $100 million grant to help solve one of the world's most critical social challenges.

The Commission Report was published last week and highlights that improving eye health has immediate and substantial benefits.

A normal day in the life of Dr. Slyvain el-Khoury who, until recently, was the CBM ophthalmologist working at the Kabgayi Clinic in Rwanda.

In this article, Devex speaks to CBM Director of Inclusive Eye Health and Neglected Tropical Diseases Dr. Babar Qureshi about how CBM is working with partners to expand access to quality eye care in the 35 countries where we operate.