Research grants allocated
The Education Committee received 14 complete proposals. The following four proposals were selected to receive a grant of $2000 to implement the selected project.
-SVOSH-KNUST Ghana- Dietary Carotenoids on Cognitive and Vision Health of School Children in Ghana.
-SVOSH-IMSU-Nigeria - Evaluation of Ocular Signs of Onchocerciasis (River blindness) in Selected Rural Communities in the Imo River Basin, Imo State, Nigeria.
-SVOSH-AAU-Jordan- Evaluation of the effectiveness of training schoolteachers to conduct vision screening for schoolchildren in Jordan.
-SVOSH-AreaAndina-Colombia- Beginning to See the World
The Education Committee will organize training in 2024 to support the development of proposals for the 2024 call. Watch the space.
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