Novartis partners with International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness

In celebration of World Sight Day (WSD), Novartis Healthcare Philippines and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness launched the multi-stakeholder “Collaboration to Preserve Sight” to address eye screening gaps in the country. Photo shows participants during the 2020 WSD virtual media briefing performing the cover test to encourage the general public to have regular eye exams (from top left, clockwise): Jugo Tsumura, president and managing director, Novartis Healthcare Philippines; Dr. Beverly Lorraine Ho, director, Health Promotion Bureau, Department of Health; Dr. Leo Cubillan, director, Philippine Eye Research Institute; Amanda Davis, chairperson, IAPB Western Pacific; Mardi Mapa-Suplido, country manager, The Fred Hollows Foundation; Dr. Ma. Margarita Lat-Luna, president of the Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology; Dr. Marie Joan Loy, president, Vitreo-Retina Society of the Philippines; Dr. Noel Chua, chairman, National Committee for Sight Preservation; Dr. Peter Paul Ronque, medical adviser, Novartis Medical Affairs–Ophthalmology; and Christine Fajardo; Asia cluster patient advocacy head and country corporate affairs head, Novartis Healthcare Philippines.