World Council of Optometry

1. Academic Vision Centre handed over to the Ministry in Malawi

   29 April 2013

   An Academic Vision Centre was handed over to the Malawi Ministry of Health in April by a consortium of partners dedicated to the eradication of avoidable blindness in Southern Africa.

2. Register with the World Glaucoma Patient Association

   29 April 2013

   Dr Jillia Bird, WCO International Optometrist Award winner, has been named as the new President of the World Glaucoma Patient Association.

3. New research and training centre to target hundreds of millions of Chinese

   26 March 2013

   Hundreds of millions of Chinese could benefit from an inspiring new initiative in Shanghai to develop advanced programmes and products to slow the progress of myopia, and to detect and treat, in a timely manner, other vision threatening problems.

4. Joint grant to assist school of optometry in Cameroon

   5 March 2013

   Students of optometry in Cameroon will benefit from $20,000 from Canada.

5. The Hard Places: Documentary to profile Dr Tom Little

   11 January 2013

   We have pledged our support for a documentary film profiling the powerful life story of humanitarian and optometrist Dr Tom Little.

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