International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness

President: R Pararajasegaram MD

SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 5-10 1999

Theme: The Right to Sight

Conference Centre, Beijingw Friendship Hotel, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

The Assembly will support the launch of the Global Initiative for the Elimination of
Avoidable Blindness – Vision 2020: The Right To Sight

Come and share the vision of achieving a world without needless blindness.

For further information contact:

International Agency for the Prevention of
Blindness (IAPB): Dr Gullapalli Rao
IAPB Secretariat: L. V. Prasad Eye Institute
L. V. Prasad Marg, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad – 500 034, India
Tel: 0091-40-215389/248267
Fax: 0091-40-248271
E-mail: [email protected]

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• Indian Supplement to the Journal
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• Videos
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