*Spotlight: Cataract (17) HelpMeSee Calls for Greater Investment in the Surgical Workforce to Address Global Cataract Blindness.

9 October, 2026

In recognition of World Sight Day, HelpMeSee Calls for Greater Investment in the Surgical Workforce to Address Global Cataract Blindness

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/world-sight-day-helpmesee-calls...

This press release highlights the importance of competency-based, simulation-based training in building sustainable surgical capacity and features perspectives from Doug May and Dr. Nicoletta Fynn-Thompson on the need to invest in the people, training and institutions that make quality cataract care possible.

Regards,

Van C. Lansingh, MD, PhD, EMBA, FICO (Hon), FACS, FARVO

Chief Research Officer

HelpMeSee

Voluntary Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences. University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah

Honorary Professor. Centro de Investigación en Salud Poblacional. Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. (Center for Population Health Research, National Institute of Public Health). Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.

Associate Visiting Professor, GEPROMED, Strasbourg, France.

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HIFA profile: Van Lansingh is the Chief Research Officer of HelpMeSee and a member of the Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease, with special interest in Cataract Surgery and Simulation-Based Training. vancharles AT helpmesee.org

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