In the piece below from Optometry Times, Ricardo Pintor, OD, FIACLE, gives an overview of the World Council Of Optometry’s first Latin America–based virtual event, “Myopia Management: From Theory to Practice,” and what challenges Latin America faces in terms of #myopia. Read more: https://lnkd.in/edyhrdiR. #MyopiaAwarenessWeek #MyopiaManagement #optometry
World Council Of Optometry
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The Global Voice of Optometry
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The World Council of Optometry (WCO) collectively represents over 200,000 optometrists in almost 60 countries through over 200 affiliate, associate, corporate and individual memberships across six world regions: Africa, Asia Pacific, Eastern Mediterranean, Europe, Latin America and North America. The WCO is the only optometric body in official relations with the World Health Organization. Celebrating its 90-year anniversary in 2017, the WCO’s vision is of a world where optometry makes high quality eye health and vision care accessible to all people. Our mission is to promote eye health and vision care as a human right. This is achieved through advocacy, education, policy development and humanitarian outreach and is intended to facilitate the development of optometry and optometrists around the world.
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Employees at World Council Of Optometry
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Jagrut Lallu
MSc (Specialty Contact Lenses) Myopia Management
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Sidsel R. Bockhahn-Tylecote
Founder of FAY&MAMIE an ecommerce business selling lifestyle DIY kits using not-so-traditional craft kits • Add a personal touch to your home and…
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Rizwana Hussaindeen
Academician/ Vision Science Researcher/ Pediatric Optometrist/Life Coach
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Sandra Block
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#ReadoftheWeek 📚 Peter Hendicott discusses the World Council Of Optometry's Competency Framework for #Optometry 💬 https://bit.ly/3UlONev
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Join me in celebrating Myopia Awareness Week by exploring the World Council Of Optometry Cooper Vision Myopia Management Navigator, a ground-breaking interactive resource guide designed to revolutionise #myopiamanagement practices worldwide. This comprehensive guide offers invaluable advice on mitigation, measurement, and management, helping to advance myopia management as the global standard of care. I had the privilege of discussing the Myopia Management Navigator and practical strategies for addressing myopia with Prof Kathryn Saunders and Prof José M. González-Meijome at the European Academy of Optometry and Optics conference in Helsinki. It's inspiring to see the global community coming together to advance #MyopiaManagement as the standard of care. Dr Sandra Block's keynote lecture on action to address preventable vision impairment and vision threatening eye health issues related to myopia was powerful, reminding us of the critical importance of initiatives like the World Council of Optometry. Don't miss out on this innovative resource! Learn more at myopianavigator.info #MyopiaManagement and join us in shaping the future of optometry. #MyopiaManagement #optometry #WCO #MMNavigator #MyopiaAwarenessWeek, World Council Of Optometry, CooperVision @CooperVisionGLB, Nicola LoganAshley Tucker, OD, FAAO, FSLS, ABO Diplomate, Jagrut Lallu, Elizabeth Lumb, Sidsel R. Bockhahn-Tylecote https://lnkd.in/ev7Ashwi 👀
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“All eyecare providers should be shifting in their diagnostic workup/ treatment/ intervention when they have a child found to be myopic away from simply correcting the refractive error with single vision to considerations for controlling the progression of myopia." - Dr. Sandra Block, World Council Of Optometry President Hear more from Dr. Block in the recent #MyopiaAwarenessWeek piece by VisionMonday: https://lnkd.in/gcbC8ifm.
Myopia Awareness Week Calls Attention to Global Eye Health Concern
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Contact Lens Specialist and Myopia Management Enthusiast
In honor of Myopia Awareness, I am sharing this amazing resource created by a collaboration of CooperVision and the World Council Of Optometry - the Myopia Managment Navigator. It is easy to use and is full of great information for your myopia management patients! https://lnkd.in/ggS5tVvG Síofra Harrington PhD Jagrut Lallu Nicola Logan
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Action is crucial to help eye care professionals on their #myopia management journey! That’s why the World Council Of Optometry and CooperVision are partnering to introduce a new interactive support guide, the WCO CooperVision® Myopia Management Navigator. Visit myopianavigator.info today! #MMNavigator #MyopiaAwarenessWeek #Optometry #MyopiaManagement
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Der World Council Of Optometry (WCO) hat gemeinsam mit EssilorLuxottica eine globale Behandlungsrichtlinie für Presbyopie und das alternde Auge veröffentlicht. Ziel ist es, durch evidenzbasierte Ressourcen einen Maßstab zu setzen, der auf drei Säulen basiert: Milderung, Messung und Management der Presbyopie. #Augenoptik #Presbyopie #WCO #EssilorLuxottica #FOCUSAugenoptik
EssilorLuxottica: Behandlungsrichtlinie für Presbyopie und das alternde Auge
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If there's only one #MyopiaAwarenessWeek blog you read, make it this one! In it, we speak to myopia master, Dr Jagrut Lallu, practice partner of Rose Optometry and one of World Council Of Optometry's newest ambassadors. #HealthyVisionMonth #HealthyVision #MAW
Talking ortho-k and myopia awareness with Dr Jagrut Lallu
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Today kicks off Myopia Awareness Week 2024, hosted by Brien Holden Vision Institute (BHVI) and Review of Myopia Management! Managing childhood myopia can help prevent severe eye health conditions in adulthood. Learn more about this year's #MyopiaAwarenessWeek campaign "Act Now, See Tomorrow!" at https://bhvi.org/maw24/. #MAW2024
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To help eye care professionals integrate myopia management as a standard of care, the World Council Of Optometry and CooperVision are launching a new interactive support guide, the WCO CooperVision® Myopia Management Navigator! Learn more here: myopianavigator.info. #MMNavigator #Myopia #Optometry
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