{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"First Global Summit for Eye Health","description":"On 2 November 2026 the first Global summit for Eye Health will bring senior leaders from governments, private and public sectors, NGO’s and funding institutions from across the world together to help to reach the 1 billion people living with avoidable sight loss and accelerate the progress towards universal eye health coverage too.\n\nThe summit is being hosted by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and supported by the international Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB).\n\nRNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey was joined by Peter Holland, Chief executive of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness to find out more about the first Global Summit for Eye Health, the themes and topics that will be discussed, what policies or statements might be launched on the day plus how the outcomes and recommendations from the summit will help to reach the 1 billion people living with avoidable sight loss and make the world see the value of vision.\n\nTo find out more about the first Global Summit for Eye Health and follow the summit on the day too do visit - https://globalsummitforeyehealth.org (https://globalsummitforeyehealth.org/)\n\nImage shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB’ written in bold black capital letters and underline with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio’ is written in black in a smaller font.","author_name":"RNIB Connect","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4839823-rnib-connect","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43859686/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}