World Bank collaboration sets foundation for scaling investment in eye health
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Joint statement urging sector-wide, collective action to end avoidable sight loss
We, leaders from the global eye care sector endorse the St. John’s Global Compact for Eye Health and join the 1 Billion Pledge to help ensure that everyone, everywhere, can access the eye care they need.
As the first global multi-stakeholder agreement on eye health, the Compact provides a shared framework for governments, international institutions, civil society and the private sector to turn ambition into action.
The Global Summit for Eye Health in November is a critical opportunity to accelerate progress toward reaching the more than one billion people still living with avoidable or unaddressed vision impairment. By aligning efforts and commitments, we can expand access to care, mobilise investment and drive meaningful change.
No government, sector or organisation can achieve this alone. We commit to working in partnership to advance eye health globally and call on organisations across the sector to join us and help end avoidable vision loss by 2030.
David J. Endicott, CEO, Alcon.
Dr Rainer Brockhaus, CEO, Christian Blind Mission CBM.
James Chen, Founder, The Chen Yet-Sen Family Foundation.
Jennifer Chen, CEO, The Chen Yet-Sen Family Foundation.
K-T Overbey, CEO, Cure Blindness Project.
Ross Piper, CEO, The Fred Hollows Foundations.
Peter Holland, CEO, IAPB.
Jacqueline Henderson, Company Group Chair, Vision, Johnson & Johnson
Kathleen Sherwin, President EMEA, and CEO, Orbis International.
Anne-Marie Grey, Interim CEO, RestoringVision.
Marianthi Psaha, President EMEA, Head of International Pricing, Market Access, and Public Affairs, Santen.
Kate Moynihan, CEO & Executive Director, Seva Foundation.
Dominic Haslam, Deputy CEO, Sightsavers.
Jesper Wiegandt, CEO, ZEISS Vision Care.
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