{"id":306,"date":"2013-12-02T00:45:26","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T00:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/eyecarecaribbean\/2013\/12\/02\/2013-annual-meeting-of-vision-2020-committees-representatives-for-the-caribbean\/"},"modified":"2013-12-02T00:45:26","modified_gmt":"2013-12-02T00:45:26","slug":"2013-annual-meeting-of-vision-2020-committees-representatives-for-the-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/ecc\/vision-2020-caribbean\/2013-annual-meeting-of-vision-2020-committees-representatives-for-the-caribbean\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 ANNUAL MEETING OF VISION 2020 COMMITTEES – REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE CARIBBEAN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Announcing The 2013 Annual Meeting of Vision 2020 Committees Representatives for the Caribbean<\/em><\/strong> on Tuesday December 3rd & Wednesday December 4th in Kingston, Jamaica.<\/p>\n

Purpose of the meeting:<\/strong> <\/p>\n

\u2022 This meeting will provide a platform for sharing, learning and networking and will strengthen links between V2020 Committees and persons involved in eye health.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Participants will become familiar with perspectives from other areas and will be exposed to new thinking, technologies and opportunities that can be used to benefit eye health service delivery in their countries.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The meeting will pay particular attention to Diabetic Retinopathy \u2013 one of the most prevalent causes of blindness in the Caribbean, and to discussing WHO\u2019s Towards Universal Eye Health: a Global Action Plan 2014-2019<\/p>\n

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For electronic copy of the meeting\u2019s agenda and supporting documents please click here<\/a> or view below.<\/p>\n

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2013 Caribbean V2020 Regional Meeting<\/a> <\/p>\n

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