CARIBBEAN COUNCIL FOR THE BLIND
(IN ASSOCIATION WITH)
THE FOUNDATION FOR EYE CARE IN THE CARIBBEAN
V2020 Activities – The Caribbean 2000 – 2010
Following the launch of V2020: The Right to Sight by WHO, (and building on the objectives of the National Prevention of Blindness Committees which were established in the 90’s) CCB-Eye Care Caribbean and SightSavers International, joined with the following International Organizations to launch the initiative across the Caribbean, focusing on the three (3) areas on which the Program is based: Disease Control, Human Resource Development and Infrastructure Development.
- Participants in the launch included:
Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO);
Christoffel-Blinden Mission (CBM) – an International NGO with Headquarters in Germany;
ORBIS International – A US-based INGO; and
The Ophthalmological Society of the West Indies (OSWI);
- The launch served as a springboard for the following activities coordinated or implemented by CCB-Eye Care Caribbean (with financial and technical support from Sightsavers; PAHO, ICEE and other National, Regional and International Partners:
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Year |
Country |
Disease Control |
Human Resource Development |
Infrastructure Development |
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2000 |
Tobago |
Launch of V2020: The Right to Sight in the Caribbean |
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2000-2008 |
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Convened 8 Annual Regional Meetings of the Caribbean’s V2020 Working Group
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2000 |
Haiti |
Initiated Projects to deliver Cataract Surgical Services at: La Providence Hospital (Gonaives), Department of Artibonite and the Justinien Hospital (Cap-Haitien), Department Du Nord. |
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2003 |
Barbados |
CPC Finalization of the 2003-2008 Regional Plan for the Prevention of Blindness |
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2003 |
Caribbean |
Launch of the Regional Plan published on the PAHO-WHO Website at (www.who.int/en/) |
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2003-Present |
Caribbean |
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Established and maintained a Regional Maintenance Service for OPD and surgical equipment across the Caribbean
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2003 |
Jamaica (Mandeville & Cornwall) |
Established and maintained Cataract Surgical Programs in Jamaica (Mandeville Regional and Cornwall Regional Hospitals) based on principles of cost recovery |
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2003-2008 Implementation of several Pilots and Exploratory Eye Health Initiatives including the following (Caribbean-wide) Pages: 1 2
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