Submitted by: Dr Srinivas Marmamula

Country: India

Organisation: L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE

Category: Amateur

Caption: Addressing URE Challenge in remote locations - Vision for the Vulnerable

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Deogracias B Cardenas Jr

Country: Philippines

Organisation: WAP

Category: Professional

Caption: A photo of a boy playing starfish at the beach in Davao City. Symbolically, the starfish is a symbol of love(Love our eyes) and teaches us to use our senses to connect and see the beauty of our environment and the people around us.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Dzenana

Country: Bosnia&Herzegovina

Organisation: Eye Clinic Svjetlost

Category: Professional

Caption: Tiny necessities.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Tiffany Clementson

Country: Guyana

Organisation: Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation

Category: Amateur

Caption: Near vision testing.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Дарья

Country: Россия

Organisation: нет

Category: Amateur

Caption: без очков всё вокруг - лишь живописные картины с потёкшей акварелью по листу, с краской, что растворилась в капле воды, оставляя пятна.

иногда человек рождается с таким видением, так называемого \"творца\", а иногда сам себя доводит до \"потёкшей акварели в глазах\".

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Submitted by: Rajiv Ranjan Karn

Country: Nepal

Organisation: Eastern Regional Eye Care Program

Category: Amateur

Caption: \"#Vision First! Vision screening of school students at Gayatri Sanskrit Secondary School, Biratnagar, Nepal

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Rajesh Pandey

Country: India

Organisation: Self Employed

Category: Professional

Caption: Eye screening of an infant baby for Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) at the NICU Govt Hospital Cuttack, Orissa, India

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Emmanuel Koech

Country: Kenya

Organisation: MMUST

Category: Amateur

Caption: preparing cataract surgery patients

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: V.Srinivasan

Country: India

Organisation: Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India

Category: Amateur

Caption: Trainees are always very anxious - When we go to different locations for running courses for care, maintenance and repair of eye care instruments we found the trainees are always well ahead of time for training. They reach the training center well before scheduled time. Two pictures taken in Kenya, It is always very satisfying for the trainers.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Niina Hakkinen

Country: Finland

Organisation: -

Category: Amateur

Caption: Sailor

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Sandy Winkle

Country: Australia

Organisation: Hobby Travel Photographer

Category: Amateur

Caption: Giving out glasses along the way in Ladakh always is a Joy.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: amitava chandra

Country: India

Organisation: Govt. service

Category: Amateur

Caption: it\'s a drawing class and all the colours of the palette bring enjoyment of creation as we see it in our inner-vision

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Anurag

Country: India

Organisation: Sirimiri

Category: Amateur

Caption: a young girl in one of the remotest corners in Uttar Pradesh, India getting her eye examined.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Liliana Coluci de Sena Gouvea

Country: Brasil

Organisation: x

Category: Amateur

Caption: The photo was taken right after I bought a frame like the Harry Potter glasses for my 9 year old grandson who has myopia. He was so happy.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Evgeny Stetsko

Country: Russia

Organisation: free lance photographer

Category: Professional

Caption: In 2017, the ophthalmologist and surgeon from Moscow Tatyana Avanesova realized her dream by creating her own Fund named Retina for the research and treatment of complex retinal diseases. The Retina Foundation does a great job of teaching surgeons the skills of modern surgery, new technologies and work on complex equipment. This is done through scientific conferences, seminars of luminaries of ophthalmology, as well as demonstration operations.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: R.Naganath Davey

Country: India

Organisation: HelpMeSee

Category: Professional

Caption: Having cataract in her right eye from Utrakashi, Uttrakhand, not able to collect woods for her cooking, Catract was removed from Vivekananda Netralaya

Dehradun, Uttrakhand India

Photo Captured on 23.08.19 with Canon 80 D, 18-135 MM Lens, Equipment used - Canon Speedlite 430 EXII.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Shyam

Country: NEPAL

Organisation: Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology

Category: Amateur

Caption: Happy Patient after cataract surgery

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Bruce Redman

Country: Australia

Organisation: Brien Holden Vision Institute

Category: Professional

Caption: A small Ugandan boy concentrates on the eye chart

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Firehiwot Temesgen

Country: Ethiopia

Organisation: Jewish voice minstries international

Category: Professional

Caption: a picture taken in medical camp in a rural area of northern region of Ethiopia called enfranz

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: fundacion oftalmológica hugo d. nano

Country: Argentina

Organisation: ONG prevencion y rehabilitacion de ceguera

Category: Amateur

Caption: Voluntarios trabajando en el puesto de refracción campaña de errores refractivos ,cirugias de catarata,pterigion y estrabismo. Chaco, 2018

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Mark Levitin

Country: Russia

Organisation: none

Category: Professional

Caption: Field repairs.

Sunlight is harsh on high Himalayan plateaus, unfiltered UV in thin air is harmful to the eyes. Sunglasses are a must, and if the frame breaks down, locals - such as this woman in Padum, Zanskar - make do with a bit of string.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Ellen Crystal

Country: Canada

Organisation: Seva Canada

Category: Professional

Caption: A young girl’s vision is assessed by the ophthalmologist at an outreach eye screening camp in Adet, Ethiopia.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Darin Pongpawat

Country: Thailand

Organisation: Rotary Club

Category: Amateur

Caption: Eye care for kids.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Rajesh Pandey

Country: India

Organisation: Self Employed

Category: Professional

Caption: Eye screening of an infant baby for Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) at the NICU Govt Hospital Cuttack, Orissa, India

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Evgeny Stetsko

Country: Russia

Organisation: free lance photographer

Category: Professional

Caption: In 2017, the ophthalmologist and surgeon from Moscow Tatyana Avanesova realized her dream by creating her own Fund named Retina for the research and treatment of complex retinal diseases. The Retina Foundation does a great job of teaching surgeons the skills of modern surgery, new technologies and work on complex equipment. This is done through scientific conferences, seminars of luminaries of ophthalmology, as well as demonstration operations.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Tiffany Clementson

Country: Guyana

Organisation: Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation

Category: Amateur

Caption: Laser treatment for diabetic retinopathy

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Darrah Kauhane

Country: USA

Organisation: Hawaiian Eye Foundation

Category: Amateur

Caption: Maasai village screenings

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Anand Abhinav

Country: India

Organisation: Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra

Category: Professional

Caption: Daughter-in-law trying to convince her mother-in-law to get her cataract operated after learning need of cataract surgery and benefit provided by the hospital by the vision technician during home-based eye screening camp in Bichiapahari Panchayat of Dumka district, Jharkhand.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: kewal karia

Country: India

Organisation: None

Category: Amateur

Caption: Streetsters

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Manas Nath

Country: India

Organisation: ASG eye hospital

Category: Amateur

Caption: Amblyopia Treatment: In the process of making the lazy eye active with fun

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Francis Unachukwu

Country: Nigeria

Organisation: Nigerian Optometric Association

Category: Amateur

Caption: A low vision patient trying out a new device... Oh! the Joy sight gives!!

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Lal Mahammad

Country: Nepal

Organisation: Kiran Eye Hospital, Birgunj, Nepal

Category: Professional

Caption: A 7 years old boy having refractive accommodative esotropia, correction done with refraction by me at Kiran Eye Hospital, Birgunj, Nepal.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Molemisi Kono

Email:

Country: United Kindom

Organisation: Visual Eyes Afrika-international (VEAa-i)

Category: Amateur

Caption: Photo taken in the streets of Dar es Salaam - here we see the individual with - what could be call a long cane, symbol or guide cane. And it’s none of them - rather it’s just a tubing use as an orientation and mobility aid.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Manaseh Rumbai

Email: maallrumbai@outlook.com

Country: Papua New Guinea

Organisation: EBC Health Establishment

Category: Amateur

Caption: World Sight Day Celebrated at Papua New Guinea, Lae, Morobe Province

EBC Bible College - Picture: One of the Student went through Eye Testing

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: khalid ahmed

Country: somalia

Organisation: Albasar foundation

Category: Amateur

Caption: iol

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: fundacion oftalmológica hugo d. nano

Country: Argentina

Organisation: ONG prevencion y rehabilitacion de ceguera

Category: Amateur

Caption: realizando ecometría para cirugía de catarata poblacion aborigen, Chaco 2018

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Inger Arevalo Esparza

Country: Peru

Organisation: Clinica Oftalmologica de la Selva

Category: Amateur

Caption: Girl playing with a balloon during a medical campaign. Nothing like seeing our little patients happy.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Rajan Shrestha

Country: Nepal

Organisation: BP Eye Foundation

Category: Amateur

Caption: Student for universal eye health coverage

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Saldi Iswandi

Country: Indonesia

Organisation: Helen Keller International

Category: Amateur

Caption: Health workers in collaboration with teachers in schools carry out a sharp screening of vision as one of the ways to conduct early detection of causes of vision disorders.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: María Torres Maldonado

Country: México

Organisation: Centro de Estudios para Invidentes, A.C.

Category: Amateur

Caption: Visual stimulation class, where the student is working contrasts, depth and tracking through assistive technology applications to train her visual restoration as

optimally as possible.

Clase de estimulación visual, donde la alumna está trabajando contrastes, profundidad y rastreo a través de aplicaciones de tecnología asistiva para entrenar su restauración visual lo más óptimo posible.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: amitava chandra

Country: India

Organisation: Govt. service

Category: Amateur

Caption: The devotee is totally submissive through her eyes on sun-god while offering prayer

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Nawrin Akhter

Country: India

Organisation: Freelance

Category: Amateur

Caption: The whole world in your eye

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: copyright Ulrich Eigner

Country: Austria

Organisation: Light for the World

Category: Professional

Caption: A person preparing for eye surgery.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Gourav Kant Shrivastava

Country: India

Organisation: Sewa Sadan Eye Hospital India

Category: Professional

Caption: Corrected Vision make more happiness

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: fundacion oftalmológica hugo d. nano

Country: Argentina

Organisation: ONG prevencion y rehabilitacion de ceguera

Category: Amateur

Caption: consulta en una biblioteca escolar. campaña de errores refractivos escuela pública Argentina

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Elena Burr

Country: United States

Organisation: Esperanca

Category: Amateur

Caption: A new hope. Pablo, completely blind in one eye from a cataract, and his daughter journeyed days from their rural, Peruvian village to the regional hospital after hearing about Esperança\'s surgical mission offering ophthalmology services. The next day, he would walk out of post-op without assistance, cataract-free.

Picture credit: Lynn Dugan, volunteer nurse

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: copyright Ulrich Eigner

Country: Austria

Organisation: Light for the World

Category: Professional

Caption: A young Ethiopian ophthalmologist examines a patient during an ophthalmic outreach. He uses his mobile phone as flashlight.

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Dr Helen

Country: Kenya

Organisation: Kwale District Eye Centre

Category: Amateur

Caption: Anastancia and blessing with patches

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Ai Chee Yong

Country: Malaysia

Organisation: Ranu Eye Specialist Centre

Category: Professional

Caption: Bringing services closer to underprivileged community

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019

Submitted by: Rehber Ahmad Alvi

Country: India

Organisation: Vision Spring

Category: Amateur

Caption: Retinoscopy to find out the refractive status of eye

Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst! Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019