Eliminating Avoidable Blindness. in Africa
Jun 18, 2024 12:00 PM
Paul Courtright & Susan Lewallen, LJ Opthamologist
Eliminating Avoidable Blindness. in Africa

Join these two local la Jolla ophthalmologists to learn about The Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology which was established in 2001 in response to the “VISION 2020: The Right to Sight” initiative – a global campaign aimed at eliminating avoidable blindness by the year 2020.To this day, KCCO has continued to contribute to global efforts to reduce the burden of avoidable blindness in Africa. KCCO is a member of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) and of the International Coalition for Trachoma Control (ICTC).