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L'OCCITANE Sight Award at the WOC2014

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Date ICO Member Headline Topic Subspecialty Region
May 6, 2013 In Memory of Stephen J. Ryan, MD
Our friend and colleague, Stephen J. Ryan, MD, passed away from cancer on Monday, April 29. Steve had been involved with and committed to the International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) and ICOFoundation for many years.
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April 26, 2013 ICO Member 2013 Residency Program Directors Courses in Chile and China
The International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) conducted two Residency Program Directors Courses in March and April 2013.
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Courses for Residency Program Directors

Education

Ophthalmic Educators

Asia

Central & South America

April 26, 2013 VISION 2020 Latin America Statistics Map
VISION2020 Latin America has created a map of key statistics and measures from the region that is a model for other parts of the world.
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Advocacy/Vision 2020

Eye Care

Central & South America

April 16, 2013 ICO Member Valuable Meetings for Educators Offered in Copenhagen
The International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) and its partners will be offering two dynamic events for ophthalmic educators on June 7th and June 11th in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Conference/Congress

E-Learning

Education

Ophthalmic Educators

Europe

April 10, 2013 ICO Member WOC2018: Say Hola to Barcelona!
The 2018 World Ophthalmology Congress® of the International Council of Ophthalmology will be hosted by the Spanish Society of Ophthalmology (Sociedad Española de Oftalmología–SEO) June 16–20, 2018, in Barcelona, Spain.
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Conference/Congress

Continuing Medical Education

ICO Programs and Initiatives

World Ophthalmology Congress

Europe

March 29, 2013 New Data on the Value of Sight
Investing in Vision provides compelling evidence of the cost effectiveness of additional investments to strengthen eye health systems.  The report was produced by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and commissioned by The Fred Hollows Foundation, the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, CBM, Light for the World, Operation Eyesight Universal, Sightsavers, and others.
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Advocacy/Vision 2020

Eye Care

March 28, 2013 L'OCCITANE Sight Award at the WOC2014
The L'OCCITANE Foundation, in partnership with the ICO, will present its next L'OCCITANE Sight Award during the 2014 World Ophthalmology Congress® (WOC) in Tokyo, Japan. The Sight Award and a prize of 50,000 € is awarded to an ophthalmologist every two years to honor their work in the fight against avoidable blindness in developing countries.
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Leadership

World Ophthalmology Congress

March 25, 2013 Submit Guidelines for Screening, Assessing, and Treating Diabetic Retinopathy
The International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) is seeking guidelines for screening, assessing, and treating diabetic eye disease. The guidelines will be reviewed as part of a new initiative to reduce worldwide vision loss related to diabetes.
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Advocacy/Vision 2020

ICO Programs and Initiatives

International Clinical Guidelines

Standards for Eye Care and Vision

February 28, 2013 Eyexcel-Expanding Global Eye Health Workforce Through Excellence in Training
The 5th annual Eyexcel Course – Expanding Global Eye Care Workforce through Excellence in Training – focuses on helping eye hospitals to become regional training centers and increase the availability of eye care.
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Allied Health Education

Course

Education

Asia

January 31, 2013 ICO Board Elects Hugh Taylor Next ICO President
Meeting on January 15 in Hyderabad, India, the ICO Board of Trustees voted to elect Hugh Taylor, MD, AC, to be the next President of the ICO. He will succeed current President Bruce Spivey at the close of the 2014 World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC)®, scheduled April 2–6 in Tokyo.
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January 30, 2013 Hyderabad Conference for Educators: A Resounding Success
Judging from the evaluation of participants, the fourth ICO Conference for Ophthalmic Educators, held on January 16 in Hyderabad, India was the ICO's most valuable conference yet.
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Conference/Congress

Education

Education Initiatives

Ophthalmic Educators

January 25, 2013 WHO Builds on the Past with 2014–2019 Global Action Plan
In January 2013, the World Health Organization’s Executive Board supported adoption in May of a new action plan for the prevention of avoidable blindness and visual impairment by the World Health Assembly.
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Advocacy/Vision 2020

January 19, 2013 A Successful 2013 APAO-AIOS Congress in Hyderabad, India
The 28th Congress of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) in Hyderabad, India, held in conjunction with the 71st Annual Conference of the All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS), was a truly international event, attended by over 7,500 registrants.
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Conference/Congress

Asia

January 18, 2013 APAO Awards Ceremony Honorees and Announces New Leadership Roles
At the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO)-All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) Inaugural Ceremony on January 17, the APAO honored ophthalmologists for their exceptional contributions to eye care in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. Ophthalmologists were also named to new roles within the APAO.
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Asia

January 18, 2013 ICO Selects 2014 Medal Recipients
At their January 15 meeting, the ICO Board voted to award Medals at the opening ceremony of the 2014 World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC) in Tokyo.
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World Ophthalmology Congress

December 31, 2012 Funding to Assess Provision of Cataract Surgical Services
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has provided funding to the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University and the ICO to assess ways to support increased access to quality cataract surgical services for underserved patients in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Standards for Eye Care and Vision

Cataract

Africa

December 31, 2012 Research on the Value of Sight
Report examines the financial burden to countries due to visual loss, and the cost benefit––if any––for countries to take action. The conclusion reached is that eliminating avoidable blindness and visual impairment is a worthy investment.
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Advocacy/Vision 2020

Research

December 31, 2012 Scientific Program Planning Underway for WOC2014
The scientific program planning for the 2014 World Ophthalmology Congress® (WOC) of the ICO is well underway. To date, 54 societies have agreed to organize more than 60 scientific symposia and/or courses in 30 subspecialties.
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Conference/Congress

Education

Leadership

World Ophthalmology Congress

December 26, 2012 ICOFoundation Board Meeting in Chicago Discusses Achievements and Need for Funding
The ICOFoundation Board of Directors discussed key ICO achievements in 2012, particularly related to its Teaching the Teachers initiative, during November's American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting in Chicago.
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Education Initiatives

ICO Programs and Initiatives

November 30, 2012 Consensus on the Need to Train Teams
The ICO hosted its eighth World Ophthalmology Roundtable on Leadership Development (WORLD) during the 2012 American Academy of Ophthalmology Joint Meeting with the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology, held November 2012 in Chicago, Illinois.
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Education

ICO Programs and Initiatives

Leadership Development/WORLD

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