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Events and meetings

Regional workshop on strengthening and integrating the ear and hearing care programme within primary health care and health systems, 18–20 November 2013
The regional workshop for integrating and strengthening ear and hearing care within primary health care, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 20-21 December 2011
Regional workshop on integrating and strengthening primary eye care within primary health care, Dubai, 14 to 16 February 2011
The Regional workshop on the development of public health control strategies on glaucoma, Cairo, 14–16 December 2009
The regional VISION 2020 planning workshop for the prevention of avoidable blindness, 23–26 November 2008
Regional workshop on the planning for the control and prevention of blindness due to diabetic retinopathy, 20–24 November 2006
The regional workshop planning for the elimination of blinding trachoma in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Cairo, Egypt, 28-30 November 2005
The regional planning workshop on the implementation of VISION 2020 in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Cairo, Egypt, 14–17 December 2003

Featured publications

Action plan eye healthUniversal eye health: a global action plan 2014–2019 [pdf 436kb]

cpb-vision2020-right-to-sightVISION 2020: the Right to Sight: Global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness [pdf 4.68Mb]

Thumbnail of Guidelines for School Eye Health for the Eastern Mediterranean RegionGuidelines for school eye health for the Eastern Mediterranean Region [pdf 5.54Mb]

Information resources

10 facts about deafness and hearing impairment

Photo stories about people with hearing impairment

Prevent blindness through primary health care poster [pdf 443kb]

Statistics and figures

  • Over 23 million people are visually impaired in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, of whom 5 million people are blind
  • 80% of blindness is avoidable (treatable and/or preventable)
  • 90% of blind people live in developing countries
  • About 200 000 children are blind

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