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LIVELY WOD EVENTS



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               he 23  of March is celebrated all over
               the globe as World Optometry Day to
          Tcreate awareness about the profession
          and the critical role of optometrists in tackling
          uncorrected refractive error which affects
          people of all ages and ethnic groups and is the
          main cause of vision impairment.
          OCI’S ACTIVITIES

             The Optometry Council of India (OCI)
          conducted two major activities on WOD 2021,
          both centred on the theme of myopia and
          child eye health: a competition and a series of
          webinars.

             The competition for students of optometry
          brought out an amazing range of talent as they
          presented their concepts on the theme through
          posters, memes and videos. Nine winners from
          the more than 100 entries in three different

                                                                               categories went home with
          OCI’S ACTIVITIES
                                                                               gifts courtesy Essilor India.
                                                                                  For the series of webinars
                                                                               on myopia awareness among
                                                                               the general public, the OCI
                                                                               collaborated with the Ladies
                                                                               Circle Club, the Tangent
                                                                               India Club and Rotary Club
                                                                               Bangalore, and attracted 35
                                                                               members from the first two
                                                                               mentioned clubs of the city,
                                                                               while 38 participants from
                                                                               15 Rotary Clubs of Bangalore
                                                                               participated in the second
          MYOPIA AWARENESS WEBINAR WITH ROTARY CLUBS BANGALORE
                                                                               webinar.

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