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Beyond 2020: Resetting the Goals

With the publication of the first World Health Organization World Report on Vision in late 2019, eye care organizations acknowledged that there are significant challenges to meeting current and projected eye care needs worldwide. What will Seva Canada do to narrow the gap?

Blog | September 1st, 2020
Rethinking Global Health Means Including Eye Health

The world has adopted a new World Health Assembly resolution on Integrated People-centred Eye Care. Countries have agreed today (Aug.4) to adopt a new resolution on vision in an effort to reach the 1 billion people worldwide who do not have access to vital eye care services. We are thankful to the IAPB membership for making this possible

Blog | August 13th, 2020
WHO report sets path to improve universal vision care

“What’s underpinning inequality in vision care is lack of access, whether it’s a lack of availability of service, accessibility or acceptability,” he said. “We’ll only see lasting and sustainable change when eye care is integrated into our mainstream health systems, whether those systems are public or delivered by the private sector and through the market.” - Peter Holland, CEO of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness

Blog | August 6th, 2020
Give the Gift of Sight this Father's Day!

“I will be so happy if my father can see. Thank you Seva for your good deed. I hope my father lives forever.” Kebe’s daughter This Father's Day, make dreams come true and give the gift of sight in honour of the father's in your life!

Blog | June 1st, 2020
AAO Unsung Heroes: Martin Spencer, MD

Ophthalmology has an abundance of unsung heroes who save sight, sometimes overcoming great challenges to deliver medical and surgical eye care. During 2020: Year of the Eye, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) is featuring stories about some of these heroes. We are beyond proud that Seva Canada Board Member and longtime supporter and eye care innovator, Dr. Martin Spencer is one of those heroes. We've always known Marty was a hero in scrubs!

Blog | May 29th, 2020
How Cataracts Affect Your Vision

Learn more about how cataracts affect vision - and how easily they can be treated.

Blog | May 27th, 2020
Glaucoma – the Silent Blinding Disease

If left untreated, most types of glaucoma progress, without warning or obvious symptoms to the patient, towards gradually worsening visual damage that could eventually lead to blindness. And if sight is lost to glaucoma, the visual damage is mostly irreversible. This is why glaucoma has also been labeled as the “silent blinding disease” or the “sneak thief of sight”.

Blog | May 20th, 2020
Coronavirus Can Enter the Body Through the Eyes, Study Says

The novel coronavirus can be transmitted through the eyes because of a protein known as the “gateway” into cells inside the body, according to a new study.

Blog | May 11th, 2020
How Seva Canada's Program Partners Are Doing During COVID -19

Most medical personnel working with Seva Canada are now focused on providing support to their local hospitals and clinics in any way they can. Hospital beds and equipment are being reallocated to provide medical care to those in greater need. They are practicing ‘Seva’ – selfless service.

Blog | April 20th, 2020
Eye Care Training in Nepal - Creating Sustainable Programs

"I, (Dr. Marty Spencer, Seva Canada Board Member), just returned from a trip to Nepal for Seva Canada. I have been making these trips to many of the countries that Seva operates in since the 80’s. Like snowflakes, they’re never alike, even though I have been to Nepal about 15 times. I go to teach, but almost always learn even more." Read our blog to learn about Dr. Spencer's trip and how you are helping to create sustainable eye care programs by training locals to care for their own communities.

Blog | March 28th, 2020