Program
Friday, 16 April 2010
16.30 Registration
17.00 Welcome and Program Overview
Nikolaos E. Bechrakis, Head of Department of Ophthalmology Medical University of Innsbruck
Karl Rigal, Chair of the Commission for International Ophthalmology
17.30 “VISION 2020: The Right to Sight”
Progress at half time of the Global Initiative
Daniel Etya’ale, CEO IAPB Africa (International Agency for Prevention of Blindness)
18.00 Implementation of VISION 2020 on National level
Opportunities, Challenges and Requirements for a national strategy: The example of Burkina Faso
Bernadette Yoda, National Prevention of Blindness Co-ordinator Burkina Faso
18.30 Partnerships to achieve VISION 2020
University Partnership on Human Resource Development Graz-Jimma/Ethiopia
Yeshigeta Gelaw, Medical University of Jimma
Gerhard Schuhmann, Medical University of Graz
Taskforce on Uncorrected Refractive Errors of the International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO)
Babar Qureshi, Chair of the ICO Task Force
Wolfgang Gindorfer, National Intervention on Uncorrected Refractive Errors Uganda
Partnerships between Eye Care Providers and Community Development Initiatives
S. P. Saikia, Medical Director of Bawri Nethralaya in Meghalaya, North East India
20.00 Dinner
Saturday, 17 April 2010
9.00 Summary of the first day and overview on the program of the second day
9.15 Eye diseases addressed by VISION 2020
Remaining and emerging priorities with a focus on Africa
Daniel Etya’ale, CEO IAPB Africa (International Agency for Prevention of Blindness)
9.45 Workshops
Addressing Cataract in Comprehensive Eye Care
Bernadette Yoda, National Prevention of Blindness Co-ordinator Burkina Faso
Amir Bedri, IAPB Eastern African Chair
Glaucoma control and treatment in developing countries
Babar Qureshi, Chair of the ICO Task Force
Karl Rigal, Chair of the Commission for International Ophthalmology
Integrating Eye Health in National Health Policies and Programming
Yeshigeta Gelaw, Medical University of Jimma
Johannes Trimmel, Light for the World
Trachoma – past, present and future options for effective treatment’
Daniel Etya’ale, CEO IAPB Africa
Talin Barisani-Asenbauer, Laura Bassi Centre of Expertise- Ocuvac
12.00 Lunch
13.30 European Ophthalmologists and Ophthalmological Societies:
- Possible Contributions to achieve VISION 2020
- Lessons learnt from VISION 2020 for European Eye Health Care Systems
Panel Discussion with
Daniel Etya’ale, CEO IAPB Africa
Bernadette Yoda, National Prevention of Blindness Co-ordinator Burkina Faso
Amir Bedri, IAPB Eastern African Chair
Babar Qureshi, Chair of the ICO Task Force
Philippe Kestelyn, Board member of the Belgian Ophthalmological Society
15.15 Evaluation of the Seminar
15.30 Informal Get-together
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