SATiBA 2022 Report
African leaders unite to address the Continent’s corneal tissue need: GAEBA Supports November 13, Stellenbosch, SA: Key stakeholders from Sub-Sahara Africa, gathered at the South African Tissue Bank Association (SATiBA)[…]
African leaders unite to address the Continent’s corneal tissue need: GAEBA Supports November 13, Stellenbosch, SA: Key stakeholders from Sub-Sahara Africa, gathered at the South African Tissue Bank Association (SATiBA)[…]
Only strong together in the fight against corneal blindness in Africa Experts come together for the first time for international exchange meeting to promote tissue donation in Africa On November[…]
SAVE THE DATE: The 12th National Conference on Cornea and Eye Banking (EBAI) will take place from 3-4 December 2022. Click here to register!
Dear Friends and Colleagues, After a hiatus of more than two years, we are finally having a live face-to-face meeting! ACS is organizing our 8th Asia Cornea Society Biennial Scientific[…]
GAEBA Partners with Birmingham Commonwealth Games Legacy Project to Support Eye Donation and Transplantation. GAEBA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Commonwealth Tribute to Life (CTtL) Project, the[…]
L V Prasad Eye Institute wins GAEBA’s Inaugural National Award Announced at the World Eye Bank Symposium today, July 21, L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) with their eye banks,[…]
Eversight awarded GAEBA’s inaugural International Award Announced at the World Eye Bank Symposium today, July 21, Eversight, a US-based global eye bank NGO, was named as GAEBA’s inaugural International Awardee[…]
The Mary Jane O’Neill Fellowship in International Eye Banking was established in 2001 to provide medical or technical personnel from eye banks outside of the USA and Canada with the[…]
GAEBA started new Annual Award Program. Awardees will be announced at this years World Eye Bank Symposium. This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase the diversity, expertise and contributions of[…]
VIRTUAL WORLD EYE BANK SYMPOSIUM, 21-22 July 2022, hosted by EBAANZ More information on registration and abstract submission coming soon here.
Help tackle corneal donation and corneal blindness by becoming a GAEBA member today. There are 12.7 million people awaiting a corneal transplant, mostly located in low-middle income nations or without[…]
We are all in the fight for sight restoration together! Eye banks around the world work tirelessly to facilitate cornea donation for sight restoring transplants. Join the members of the Global Alliance of Eye Bank Associations (GAEBA) for a free webinar to learn about the current status of eye banking and cornea transplantation around the world.
In late March, the Kentucky State Legislature passed, and the Governor subsequently signed, a new law prohibiting for-profit eye banking in their commonwealth State.The Global Alliance of Eye Bank Associations[…]
pdf. version Coronavirus (COVID-2019) and Ocular Tissue Donation COVID-19 is an illness characterised by respiratory symptoms, including coughing, breathlessness, and fever, caused by the infection Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Individuals at greatest[…]
October 8th 2019: The World report offers clear proposals to address significant challenges in delivering eye care through existing health systems. It builds on the concerted efforts of the past[…]
The organ, eye and tissue donation system in the United States depends on the cooperation and shared expertise of many participants; hospitals, eye banks, tissue banks and organ procurement organizations.[…]
The Global Alliance of Eye Bank Associations (GAEBA) announces a long-term project to capture annual data on corneal transplants, corneal donations and tissue movement across countries – with other data sets potentially[…]
MADRID, July 1, 2018 – The first new edition of the Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism, a seminal document that has helped to guide ethical practice[…]