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HIFA Spotlight: Cataract Blindness, Surgical Quality, and the Value of Simulation-Based Training, 8-14 October 2026
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1. What is the burden of cataract worldwide and in different countries?
2. Who performs cataract surgery? (eg medical ophthalmologists, non-physician cataract surgeons)
3. What is the availability and quality of cataract surgery?
4. How does simulation-based training work? How can we maximise the benefits?
5. What international guidance is available from WHO and other international bodies? How is national policy developed and implemented?
6. What information resources are available for training?
7. Do patients and the general population have access to reliable information about cataract and cataract surgery?
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Best wishes, Neil
HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org