London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
The resolution calls for eye care to be included in UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
The International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH) based at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine joins the eye health community in celebrating the passing of the first United Nations resolution on preventable sight loss. All 193 countries of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) unanimously adopted the resolution today, which sets eye health goals for members to achieve by 2030.
The resolution follows the publication of the Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health in February 2021, which highlighted that there are 1.1 billion people living with preventable sight loss worldwide. It also showed that improving eye health is essential to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development goals (SDGs). This latest resolution recognises the effect of reduced eye health on many of the major SDGs, including those pertaining to poverty, e
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Fire Engineer Scott Desmond (left) and Fire Capt. Matt Burton (Photos courtesy of Con Fire)
The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Con Fire) paid tribute to two fallen firefighters on Wednesday morning with a radio call and moment of silence. To honor their heroism, a radio call was broadcast across all Con Fire radio channels at 8 a.m., followed by a moment of silence. Then at 9 a.m., Con Fire conducted a brief remembrance ceremony at its Memorial Wall on the Training and Safety Campus in Concord.
The full transcript from the radio call follows:
“In the early morning hours of July 21, 2007, Fire Captain Matthew Burton and Fire Engineer Scott Desmond made the ultimate sacrifice. Both men died in the line of duty while making a valiant effort to rescue an elderly couple trapped in their burning home.
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