Due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus in China (PRC) (referred to as COVID-2019, and previously 2019-nCoV1), members of the Global Alliance of Eye Bank Associations (GAEBA) have consolidated global[…]
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[…]
14th June 2018 – Barcelona: We are proud to announce the launch of The Barcelona Principles – An agreement on the use of human donated tissue for ocular transplantation, research,[…]
The new International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) position Statement: Donation, Processing, Allocation, Advocacy, and Legislation Supporting Human Corneal Tissue for Ocular Transplant is now available. As an initiative of the ICO, in partnership with[…]
We are accepting abstracts – from all over the world – for our World Eye Bank Symposium (June 15th 2018 – Barcelona). The abstract period has now closed. Registration and abstract[…]
The Medical Advisory Board met by conference call in an urgent session on February 1, 2016 to discuss a potentially life threatening adverse event. A recipient of a keratolimbal allograft[…]
PERTH: Yesterday, Members of EBAANZ ratified Australia and New Zealand’s first regional Bioethics Framework concerning Human Tissue for Ocular Application, during their annual meeting held in conjunction with the Corneal[…]
Monday 3rd November 2014 STATEMENT: GLOBAL EYE BANKS RESPONSE TO THE EBOLA OUTBREAK Due to the recent outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in West Africa over the past[…]
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED San Diego Meeting Program Partnership Opportunities To partner with the Global Alliance at this event, please contact Heather Machin via: heather.machin@unimelb.edu.au or info@gaeba.org. In addition to[…]
The Global Alliance is developing a worldwide register of know eye banks to assist future activities and ensure alignment with the World Health Assembly (WHA) Resolution 63.22.2010. Global Alliance Representative,[…]
Six world leading Eye Bank Associations have joined together to launch a new Global Alliance of Eye Bank Associations inc. (The Global Alliance) in order to support and develop eye[…]
