Jessica Thompson

Director of Policy, Strategy and Advocacy @IAPB. All views my own.

[Jessica Thompson @IAPB_Jess]

*Sound on! Incredible 2 days in #Paris at the first @UNESCO #TranformingEducation summit. Hundreds of people from Education Ministers, @UN leaders, teachers, education organisations, students signed our chalk board and agreed you cannot transform education without vision @iapb

[LowriMoore @lowri_moore]

Thank you to Jess from @IAPB1 for coming along and supporting me in this! Full length clip on my website https://t.co/wAbLclYXwx

[Annalena Baerbock @UN_PGA]

I got my eye screening done ahead of #WorldSightDay. Thanks to @UN Friends of Vision Group & @IAPB1 for hosting this at UNHQ.

Visual impairment is the largest unaddressed disability in the world & we must improve affordable & accessible eye care for all.

#LoveYourEyes

[Portugal at the UN @Portugal_UN]

On #WorldSightDay, Ambassador Ana Paula Zacarias joined @WHO and @IAPB1 at the @UN 🇺🇳 raising awareness for 👁️ health by taking a sight test, accelerating action towards the SDGs in line with UNGA Resolution on Vision for Everyone, which 🇵🇹cosponsored in 2021. #LoveYourEyes

[Jessica Thompson @IAPB_Jess]

Such a fun way to start the day! Take our quiz to find out how good you are at looking after your eyes and please pledge to love your eyes - help us reach our target of 5million eye tests by World Sight Day #LoveYourEyes
@IAPB1

https://t.co/onOjm8Fs1Z

[Simon Darvill @simondarvill]

In a world that can be grey & depressing the light of trachoma elimination is shining brightly.

Congratulations to Malawi 🇲🇼 for this remarkable achievement eliminating blinding trachoma & to @IAPB1 members @Sightsavers & @TrachomaControl for their work

https://t.co/jcyoo4TyEx

[Jessica Thompson @IAPB_Jess]

@IAPB1 has joined 90 organisations calling for #HealthDataGovernance to be prioritised at #WHA76. Last year Health Ministers agreed 2 global targets for eye care. But more needs to be done. It is vital countries integrate & report as well as prioritise equity & health values.

[Jessica Thompson @IAPB_Jess]

@IAPB1 has joined 90 organisations calling for #HealthDataGovernance to be prioritised at #WHA76. Last year Health Ministers agreed 2 global targets for eye care. But more needs to be done. It is vital countries integrate & report as well as prioritise equity & health values.

[Transform Health @Trans4m_Health]

📢 We have submitted a global letter to @DrTedros with 90+ signatories, calling on @WHO & member states to prioritise #HealthDataGovernance.

We are asking for this pressing agenda item to be a part of #EB152 & #WHA76.

Read & endorse the letter here👇🏾.
https://t.co/hR4GVnQUd1

[Jessica Thompson @IAPB_Jess]

Opening Keynote Speaker, @KenishaArora, Youth Representative of the SDG4 High-Level Steering Committee, agrees on the importance school eye health for all children as a way to #TransformingEducation Such a powerful and moving address. @UNESCO @IAPB1

[Jessica Thompson @IAPB_Jess]

Great to be at the #TransformingEducation Summit in Paris calling for the inclusion of school eye health programs - just a few days after #CHOGM Commonwealth Heads of State commitment to child eye health for all. @UNESCO

[Junu Shrestha @shresthajunoo]

My Geneva visit is now on a blog.
Please have a read 😊
@IAPB1
@WHO
#WHA75
#eyehealthadvocacy

https://t.co/JbarwW43VC

[Junu Shrestha @shresthajunoo]

What a wonderful opportunity to meet @DrTedros and congratulate him in person on his reappointment as Director General at @WHO
Proud to be sharing the same alumni @LSHTM and proudly advocating for eye health @IAPB1
#WHA75
#2030InSight

[Jessica Thompson @IAPB_Jess]

An important and inspiring call to action for all governments from @AlarcosC Responsibility Readiness Report

[Jessica Thompson @IAPB_Jess]

Great to be in Geneva for the 75th #WorldHealthAssembly to launch the @WHO Guide for Action. A landmark moment for eye health. @IAPB1 @Sightsavers @FredHollows @AlarcosC

[IAPB @IAPB1]

IAPB's statement on behalf of the global eye care sector at WHA!

"As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to evolve, it will be important to consider how eye care services might begin to resume, recognising the need for catch-up measures..."
https://t.co/0FRatkzxmu

[Joanna Conlon @joannaconlon1]

Looking forward to World Glaucoma Week and @iapb1 #FocusOnGlaucoma supported by our friends at Allergan

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

The Countess of Wessex put her #GlassesOn at a ‘Vision for the Commonwealth’ event this week.

The coalition’s #GlassesinClasses campaign aims to get sight tests, affordable glasses and other treatments to all school children by 2030.

📍St James’s Palace

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

Thank you #Japan for your timely, generous $10 million contribution to the international #2019nCoV outbreak response led by @WHO. The funds will support countries with weak health systems as they prepare for the potential spread of the virus. Together, for a safer world. #EB146

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

Live from Geneva with @DrTedros on the Commission’s final report on how to #BeatNCDs https://t.co/DErvlwETDZ

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

This is a photo of @WHO’s Health Security Council discussing #2019nCoV today. We're moving fast on:
-providing diagnostic tools
-mobilizing resources for the global response
-preparing the technical mission to 🇨🇳