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Research Agenda for Global Blindness Prevention:
- About the Research Agenda
- Preface
- General Introduction
- 1. Cataract
- 2. Trachoma
- 3. Onchocerciasis
- 4. Xerophthalmia
- 5. The Glaucomas
- 6. Diabetic Retinopathy and Age-Related Macular Degeneration
- 7. Refractive Error
- Closing Considerations
- Appendix 1:
Distinguishing Characteristics of Persistent Ocular Diseases
- Appendix 2:
Research Goals: Prioritization and the Means to Move Forward
- PDF file of complete Research Agenda (176 Kb)
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- Research Agenda evolved from ophthalmology's Vision for the Future
- Research Committee Members
- Major international vision research meetings scheduled
Research Agenda evolved from ophthalmology's Vision for the Future
Definition of the Research Agenda for Global Blindness Prevention is one component of implementation of international ophthalmology's Vision for the Future.
"Vision for the Future" is a global initiative to decrease avoidable vision loss and blindness by advanced education, enhanced eye care standards, sustained advocacy and increased research.
Sponsored by the ICO and the Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis (AOI), "Vision for the Future" was defined at a series of conferences with broad international participation in 1999 - 2001. The ICO is coordinating implementation.
Research Committee members
Members of the ICO Research Committee are:
- Alfred Sommer, MD (Chair) (research@icoph.org)
- Richard Abbott,MD
- Allen Foster, MD
- Serge Resnikoff, MD, PhD
- Paul Sieving, MD, PhD
- Hugh Taylor, MD
- Bjorn Thylefors, MD
- James Tielsch, PhD
- Sheila West, PhD
Major international research meetings scheduled
- Association for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology (ARVO): May 1 - 5, 2005, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
- European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER): 5 - 8 October, 2005, Vilamoura, the Algarve, Portugal
- International Congress of Eye Research (ICER): 30 October - 3 November, 2006, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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