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5^th, 6^th & 7^th July 2024

Pre-Conference session on “Quality and Accreditation of Eye Hospitals”, on 5 July 2024, Friday. For more details, CLICK HERE. This requires a separate registration.
Pre-Conference session on “Track 4: Skill enhancement for Allied Ophthalmic Professionals” on 5 July 2024, Friday. For more details, CLICK HERE.
[Delegates after attending the pre-conference program on 5 July can continue in the main conference on 6-7 July to learn more and contribute. The participant who registers for the conference on 6-7 July 2024 is eligible to participate in this pre-conference session. No separate registration is required for this pre-conference session.]
Main Conference is scheduled on 6-7 July 2024 (Saturday and Sunday). Please see below for various tracks that are included.

Since the VISION 2020 India’s conference focusses on community ophthalmology, the Scientific Committee considers the global guidance coming from WHO and IAPB, and emerging good practices from VISION 2020 India’s member hospitals across the country. We try to bring out issues like Quality and Equity in the discussions so that eye health stakeholders including the government can take the benefit of the learnings, and improve the eye care programs planning and implementation.

This year, we are happy that four Associates have joined us from different member institutions and they help us in the seamless coordination of developing the scientific program.

The Annual Conference will have 5 tracks

Synergies and strategies for comprehensive inclusive eye health

Aligned with the ‘Right to Sight’ the overarching motto of the VISION 2020 program, this track identifies synergies needed and highlights strategies to improve access to high quality comprehensive eye care services for all including the most marginalized populations. The core learnings and challenges over the last 20 years in implementing such strategies and defining a path ahead is the key.

Quality and Sustainability in eye care

A dynamic learning to promote quality as per accreditation and beyond. Engage & immerse for organisational excellence needs one to sustain resources – human & finance and also taking responsibility for our planet. The session would balance the quality standards and the role of eye care sector in ensuring the environmental sustainability and aims at creating triggers among the hospital management for demonstrating good practices. The good practices that emerged over the last 2 decades of implementation are the highlights in the quality and environmental sustainability.

Innovative approaches to reach the unreached

Innovative ways to achieve Universal Eye Health through Integrated People Centered Eye Care (IPEC) and role of technology. Cost effective approaches of outreach generated with 20 years of implementation experience realizing IPEC principle will be the focus in this track. Strategies for Vision 2030 in Sight focussing the unreached is the core of this track.

Skill enhancement for Allied Ophthalmic Professionals

NOTE: This track will be conducted as a pre-conference program only on 5 July 2024, Friday.

Optometrists and ophthalmic assistants form the backbone of both community eye care and different levels of eye care delivery in the health system, from primary to tertiary level and can lead public health research. Continuous upgradation on recent advances in eye care and capacity building of these professionals becomes a mandate at different levels to provide quality eye health care. This year’s annual conference will have different skill enhancement workshops towards this goal. Delegates after attending the pre-conference program on 5 July can continue in the main conference on 6-7 July to learn more and contribute.

Sharing Knowledge Repository: Towards organization’s sustainability & growth

Free oral presentations based on abstracts reviewed and selected by the Scientific Committee.

Final Scientific Programme booklet will be uploaded here soon

Scientific Committee for the Conference

Prof. (Dr.) Harpreet Kapoor

Chair – Scientific Committee

Regional Inclusive Eye Health Advisor (Asia), CBM and Director of Ophthalmology Max Super Specialty Hospital, Mohali