Resources - The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness https://www.iapb.org/learn/resources/ Global Action in Preventing Blindness Mon, 05 Jan 2026 04:42:11 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.iapb.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1-32x32.png Resources - The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness https://www.iapb.org/learn/resources/ 32 32 Seeing the Unseen: A Global Call to Action on Rare Eye Diseases https://www.iapb.org/learn/resources/seeing-the-unseen-a-global-call-to-action-on-rare-eye-diseases/ Mon, 24 Nov 2025 06:43:28 +0000 https://www.iapb.org/?post_type=resources&p=37490 This is a case for action on rare eye diseases designed to inform and mobilise health advocates and policy
makers to prioritise rare eye diseases in the health systems.

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]]> Ten Strategies to Build a Future without Blindness and Visual Disability https://www.iapb.org/learn/resources/ten-strategies-to-build-a-future-without-blindness-and-visual-disability-resource/ Tue, 30 Sep 2025 06:47:25 +0000 https://www.iapb.org/?post_type=resources&p=37164 This document outlines clear and achievable strategies to strengthen health systems, improve access to quality services, and ensure that eye health is recognized as a priority in the public health agenda.

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]]> Better Education in Sight https://www.iapb.org/learn/resources/better-education-in-sight/ Thu, 04 Sep 2025 11:51:27 +0000 https://www.iapb.org/?post_type=resources&p=36831 In our new report for World Sight Day, co-led by Seva Foundation, we make a first attempt to estimate the global loss of learning from uncorrected refractive error in schools.

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]]> Summary guide on quality standards for spectacles https://www.iapb.org/learn/resources/summary-guide-on-quality-standards-for-spectacles/ Fri, 23 May 2025 13:40:45 +0000 https://www.iapb.org/?post_type=resources&p=36063 The Summary guide on quality standards for spectacles simplifies global quality standards and provides practical guidance on best practices for dispensing spectacles.

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]]> Competency-based refractive error teams https://www.iapb.org/learn/resources/competency-based-refractive-error-teams/ Thu, 22 May 2025 11:45:49 +0000 https://www.iapb.org/?post_type=resources&p=36064 The Competency-based refractive error teams (CRET) tool, developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), is a practical resource designed to support the delivery of high-quality, team-based refractive error services.

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]]> Vision and hearing screening for school-age children: implementation handbook https://www.iapb.org/learn/resources/vision-and-hearing-screening-for-school-age-children-implementation-handbook/ Wed, 21 May 2025 03:49:56 +0000 https://www.iapb.org/?post_type=resources&p=36065 This handbook provides practical guidance to support the establishment of sensory screening programmes for school-age children.

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]]> Vision Care in APAC — Understanding the Societal and Economic Burden https://www.iapb.org/learn/resources/vision-care-in-apac-understanding-the-societal-and-economic-burden/ Wed, 23 Apr 2025 13:01:36 +0000 https://www.iapb.org/?post_type=resources&p=36067 This report outlines how an ageing population, rising diabetes rates, and low awareness of retinal conditions in Asia Pacific are reshaping vision care, highlighting new opportunities to improve care through existing systems.

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]]> Better Education in Sight summary https://www.iapb.org/learn/resources/better-education-in-sight-summary/ Tue, 15 Oct 2024 03:56:05 +0000 https://www.iapb.org/?post_type=resources&p=36066 This summary of Better Education in Sight provides an estimate of global learning and economic productivity losses from uncorrected refractive error in schools.

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]]> School Eye Health Guidelines https://www.iapb.org/learn/resources/school-eye-health-guidelines/ Tue, 18 Jun 2024 00:07:22 +0000 https://www.iapb.org/?post_type=resources&p=1110 The IAPB School Eye Health Workgroup has released these guidelines to help deliver standardised comprehensive eye health services to more than 700 million children attending schools around the world.

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]]> Report on the Assessment of National Eye Health Strategies https://www.iapb.org/learn/resources/report-on-the-assessment-of-national-eye-health-strategies/ Mon, 01 Apr 2024 09:00:32 +0000 https://www.iapb.org/?post_type=resources&p=31657 Inclusiveness and Health Equity for Persons with Disabilities

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