World Council of Optometry to Host First Latin America-Targeted Myopia Administration Digital Occasion

The World Council of Optometry (WCO), in partnership with CooperVision, a worldwide chief in addressing myopia, presents its first Latin America-based digital occasion, “Myopia Administration: From Concept to Apply,” February 20, 22, 27, and 29 2024.

The multi-day webinar is the results of a collaboration with native organizations: Group Manejo the la Miopia LATAM, Asociación Latinoamericana de Optometría y Óptica (ALDOO), Colegio Federación Colombiana de Optómetras (FEDOPTO), Colegio de Optometras de Puerto Rico and options insights from Latin American business specialists on tips on how to get began with myopia administration and undertake it as a typical of care within the area.

The myopia administration commonplace of care decision was launched in April 2021, defining an evidence-based commonplace of care comprised of the three fundamental pillars of mitigation, measurement, and administration.

WCO President Dr. Sandra Block stated, “Myopia is rising in prevalence around the globe at an alarming fee, together with in Latin America. We invite optometrists and different eye care professionals within the area to attend this digital occasion to raised perceive tips on how to deal with myopia as a illness successfully and the significance of early intervention to handle childhood myopia. The World Council of Optometry is grateful for CooperVision’s partnership on this essential mission to extend myopia consciousness and therapy.”

The February WCO “Myopia Administration: From Concept to Apply” digital occasion explores the myopia epidemic and tips on how to deal with it from the attitude of main eye care professionals within the area, who will share how the most recent analysis might be efficiently built-in into scientific observe.

The digital occasion will likely be divided into 4 90-minute classes over 4 days on February 20, 22, 27, and 29, beginning at 6 p.m. in Central America, 7 p.m. in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, and 9 p.m. in Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile. Registration is required however free for many who want to attend. The occasion will open up for registration later this month.

Go to the World Council of Optometry myopia administration on-line useful resource that includes the usual of care pledge signup web page, decision, and sensible instruments and data for optometrists at https://myopia.worldcouncilofoptometry.information/.

In regards to the World Council of Optometry

The World Council of Optometry (WCO) is a global membership-based non-profit group for particular person optometrists, business professionals, and optometric organizations that envisions a world the place optometry makes high-quality eye well being and imaginative and prescient care accessible to all individuals. Its mission is to facilitate the event of optometry around the globe and help optometrists in selling eye well being and imaginative and prescient care as a human proper via advocacy, training, coverage growth, and humanitarian outreach. To study extra, please go to www.worldoptometry.org.