Programs: Research in Ophthalmology and Vision

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Research in Ophthalmology and Vision

The ICO Research Committee with Dr. Alfred Sommer(United States) as chair, reassessed the committee report entitled "A Research Agenda for Global Blindness Prevention" The committee’s plan for applied vision research has been officially endorsed by the Blindness and Disabilities Prevention Program of the World Health Organization and is presented in its entirety on the Internet (www.icoph.org/research).

In 2007, the ICO and ICOFoundation commenced applied research with initiation of the Diabetic Eye Disease Community Screening Project in Shunyi County, China. Working with the Peking University Eli Lilly Diabetic Eye Disease Center in Beijing, the Community Screening Project provides support for community screening data management and reporting. The goal of the Diabetic Eye Disease Community Screening Project is to develop a model that can replicated throughout rural regions.

In Beijing, the Diabetic Eye Disease Community Screening Project was discussed by (left to right) Dr. Bradley R. Straatsma (United States), Prof. Zhizhong Ma (Director of the Peking University Eye Center, China), Dr. Yusuke Oshima (Japan) and specialists from China and India.

ICOFoundation Support for Research

Research warrants support and high priority.  However, the ICOFoundation support for research endeavors to influence nongovernmental and governmental organizations to perform studies identified by the committee representing the International  Council of Ophthalmology.

As resources become available, the ICOFoundation anticipates support for selected operational research.

More on ICOFoundation programs:

• Ophthalmic Education and Training
  
  
• Ophthalmic Knowledge Assessment
  
  
• Ophthalmic Fellowship Training
  
  
• Eye and Vision Care Guidelines
  
  
• Advocacy for Preservation and Restoration of Vision

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