Africa region breakfast meeting

Room: Mt Kenya 1 & 2

How do we move from knowing what works to delivering impact at scale?

The Member Engagement Group Day opens 2030 IN SIGHT LIVE by bringing the sector together to confront the system-level barriers that stand in the way. Moving beyond projects and programmes, it positions MEGs as engines of collaboration and collective action, creating a shared frame for stronger alignment, deeper integration, and meaningful commitments toward the first-ever Global Summit for Eye Health and 2030.

Room: Mt Kilimanjaro

Integrating eye health in humanitarian response: from service provision, with best practices to supply availability.

This session by the Humanitarian Response Work Group will explore how to effectively integrate eye health into humanitarian response frameworks, focusing on strengthening service provision through proven best practices and coordinated approaches. The session will also include a featured session by UNICEF highlighting the availability of key assistive technology solutions that support eye health interventions for individuals with vision, hearing, mobility, and developmental disabilities across the continuum of care, from screening and diagnosis to treatment and rehabilitation.

Room: Mt Kilimanjaro 1

Tools to Impact: Climate-Resilient, Gender-Responsive Eye Health

This session by the Climate Action Work Group introduces the Sightsavers climate resilience and environmental sustainability toolkit, alongside new guidance on climate and gender in eye health. Participants will explore how these resources can be applied in practice, share experiences, and discuss opportunities for collaboration. The session will also identify key barriers to uptake to help strengthen implementation across the sector.

Room: Mt Kenya 1 & 2

Scaling Refractive Error Services

This session by the Refractive Error Strategy Group brings together bold, actionable strategies to accelerate equitable access to refractive error services. Join us to discover how strengthening government capacity can expand reach, how market-driven approaches can scale access and how technology-enabled task-shifting is reshaping service delivery.

Room: Mt Elgon 2 & 3

Collective Discussion on Indigenous Peoples Eye Health and Harnessing our Networks

Join a global discussion on Indigenous Peoples eye health - a space of shared learning through strength-based approaches and future gazing of realistic and respectful insights.

Room: Mt Kenya 1 & 2

Disability inclusion: real world insights for systems change

This interactive session by the Disability Inclusion Work Group brings together organisations of persons with disabilities and government representatives to explore barriers to accessing eye care and identify practical solutions. The session will also have a discussion on the systems change and how the Global Summit for Eye Health can help facilitate it.

Room: Mt Kilimanjaro 1

Improving Cataract Quality through Advocacy and Guideline Implementation

Join the Cataract Strategy Group's workshop to advance discussions on two workstreams: advocacy and implementation. Through facilitated table discussions, participants will focus on developing a prioritized resource list that will guide the implementation workstream and discussing how to advance advocacy efforts on cataract quality ahead of the Global Summit. Come prepared to engage and contribute.

Room: Mt Elgon 2 & 3

UNICEF will present its Strategic Plan priority of screening 90 million children and provide access to services and assistive technology when needed. This session will be an opportunity to discuss current practices related to screening and early identification, and exchange ideas on how impact may be achieved at scale by building on the strengths of different sectors and organizations.

Room: Mt Kenya 3

From Pilot to Scale

The session by the Technology of Access Work Group will explore what are the key barriers and what needs to shift in your eco system to enable successful pilots to go to scale.

Room: Mt Kilimanjaro 1

Advancing Women’s and Girls’ Eye Health in Africa in the lead up to the Global Summit for Eye Health

Following on from the IAPB Africa Eye Health Leadership & Global Summit Commitments Dialogue held on 06 May 2026 in Johannesburg; the aim of this meeting is to deep dive into eye health as an economic, social and development issue with a women and girls focus. It is open to all Gender Equity Work Group members and those interested in the topic area.

Room: Mt Kenya 1 & 2

Diabetic Retinopathy

Room: Mt Elgon 2 & 3

Innovation is reshaping the future of eye health. Through advances in diagnostics, clinical and surgical technologies, training tools, data systems, and technology-enabled community service delivery models, innovation is helping us reach further, work smarter, and close gaps in access to care. But innovation only creates impact when it is accepted, adopted, integrated, and scaled.

The Innovation Showcase, led by the IAPB Technology for Access Member Engagement Group, will spotlight solutions that are strengthening health systems, removing barriers to care, and accelerating progress towards 2030 In Sight.

Room: Mt Kilimanjaro 1

Advancing Women’s and Girls’ Eye Health in Africa in the lead up to the Global Summit for Eye Health

Following on from the IAPB Africa Eye Health Leadership & Global Summit Commitments Dialogue held on 06 May 2026 in Johannesburg; the aim of this meeting is to deep dive into eye health as an economic, social and development issue with a women and girls focus. It is open to all Gender Equity Work Group members and those interested in the topic area.

Room: Mt Kenya 1 & 2

This meeting will explore how optometry training can be translated into sustainable, locally relevant service delivery models across Africa. He Eye Specialist Hospital will introduce their new optometrist strengthening initiative and experiences from Cameroon, followed by an engaging discussion on real-world challenges, practical business models, partnerships, innovation, and future opportunities to support early-career practitioners.

Room: Mt Elgon 1

Hosted by Suel Abujamra Institute in partnership with GoodVision Brazil/ Renovatio, this breakfast session will explore innovative and scalable models for delivering eye care across Brazil’s most underserved regions. From urban peripheries to remote Indigenous communities in the Amazon Forest.

The session will showcase how a collaborative ecosystem of organizations integrates mobile clinics, surgical referral networks, teleophthalmology, artificial intelligence, portable diagnostic technologies, and public-private partnerships to expand access to eye care at scale.

Participants will gain insights into Brazil’s unique healthcare landscape, the patient journey model developed by the alliance, and how large-scale eye care initiatives are being transformed into sustainable public health strategies.

The event will also present the work and impact of the organizations Instituto Suel Abujamra and GoodVision Brazil/ Renovatio, highlighting results achieved in 2025 and the vision for expanding access and innovation in 2026.

Room: Mt Kenya 3

Led by Dr Ibrahim Matende, President of the College of Ophthalmology of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (COECSA), the session will focus on the need to strengthen glaucoma screening, shifting from the current emphasis of most programmes in Kenya on cataract interventions.

Room: Mt Kenya 3

The meeting draws on CBM Vision Impact Project’s experience in Kenya to highlight how people‑centered data systems, digital innovation, and long‑term investment can transform fragmented eye care into strong, integrated health systems—making the invisible visible and ensuring no one is left behind.

Through insights from large‑scale screening, end‑to‑end patient pathways, and cross‑sector partnerships, the session will demonstrate how big data and big investment when matched deliver better returns.

Room: Mt Elgon 1

Population ageing is reshaping societies around the world, creating both significant challenges and important opportunities. For the eye health field, this demographic shift represents a critical opportunity for impact, as people aged 50 and over account for the vast majority of avoidable vision loss globally. Advancing eye health among older populations will therefore be essential to accelerating progress in the years ahead. As countries adapt to population ageing, there is growing recognition that eye health must become a central component of healthy ageing efforts, supporting independence, participation and wellbeing throughout later life.

This session will bring together leaders from the eye health and ageing sectors to explore how countries are beginning to better connect these agendas through policy, governance and service delivery. Building on recent regional dialogues in Asia and Africa, the discussion will highlight practical country experiences, emerging partnerships and opportunities for action in the lead up to the Global Summit for Eye Health.

Room: Mt Elgon 1

827 million people need presbyopia correction. The eye care sector alone won't reach them. How do we?

This session brings together implementers from Africa and South Asia who are answering that question by embedding presbyopia programs into health systems, agricultural initiatives, and livelihood organizations.

• How are they adapting our sector's technical training?
• What partnerships actually work?
• How do we translate our expertise in supply chain and demand generation to catalyse impact at scale?

Hear directly from practitioners redefining what it means to solve this problem.

Room: Mt Kenya 3

Join eye health professionals and government representatives to explore the Global Vision Impact Awards, a unique funding opportunity to accelerate the expansion of refractive error services. Offering direct support from policy design to implementation, the awards help governments build capacity, strengthen systems, and scale access to affordable eye care, including presbyopia correction.

This session will outline eligibility, application processes, and funding pathways, alongside insights from partners already advancing this work. Hosted by the Livelihood Impact Fund and Vital Strategies, the session will highlight a WHO-aligned approach to transforming national eye health systems.

Learn more about the award here.

Room: Mt Elgon 1 

Christian Blind Mission and HelpMeSee invite you to join a focused discussion at IAPB Insight 2030 on advancing eye health initiatives across Africa.

This session will bring together perspectives from CBM, THEA, Cure Blindness, and HelpMeSee, featuring brief presentations, a roundtable discussion, and an open forum. The conversation will explore current efforts, identify gaps, and highlight opportunities for collaboration to expand access to care. We hope you can join us for this important exchange. Please feel free to forward this invitation to those who would also benefit.

Room: Mt Kenya 3

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