Peer to Peer Sharing : In the sea of knowledge, we seek to establish a connection between those seeking for information and those who have the answers sought. Together we may come to a better understanding of the "newly discovered" knowledge that makes the difference.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
first ever World Glaucoma Day
March 6th, 2008 will be the first ever World Glaucoma Day (WGD), a joint global initiative of the World Glaucoma Association (WGA) & the World Glaucoma Patient Association (WGPA).
Because glaucoma is a progressive disease causing irreversible visual loss, usually without warning until relatively advanced, and because 50% of affected people in the developed world (up to 90% in developing countries) do not know that they have the disease and are therefore not on treatment, community awareness needs to be significantly increased. This includes awareness of the disease and of the need to have regular eye checks, thereby permitting earlier detection and avoidance of what should be preventable visual disability.
This is the ultimate Goal of the World Glaucoma Day: To enhance global glaucoma awareness through novel as well as through traditional or novel communication strategies and events.
Rather than have a single large event held in conjunction with a major Ophthalmic conference, World Glaucoma Day was designed to be the sum total of local activities aiming at increasing glaucoma awareness, such as newspaper articles, radio and television coverage, public glaucoma "screening" campaigns in public places and "open-door" days at glaucoma clinics and departments of ophthalmology. Hundreds of activities have been planned around the World.
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About Alpha-C Support Group
OUR OBJECTIVES
- 1. We aim to discuss and formulate effective ways of coping with and managing this disease.
- 2. The group will focus on understanding the disease, adjustment needs and stress management issues.
- 3. We belief that a sound knowledge of glaucoma and its treatment is important to our personal well being.
- 4. We recognise that peer support from people in similar situations is crucial to everyone coping with GLAUCOMA.