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Mary Jane O’Neill Fellowship
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[…]
APPLICATION PERIOD HAS CLOSED: New Annual Award Program
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[…]
Save the date: VIRTUAL WORLD EYE BANK SYMPOSIUM 2022
VIRTUAL WORLD EYE BANK SYMPOSIUM, 21-22 July 2022, hosted by EBAANZ More information on registration and abstract submission coming soon here.
GAEBA’s new membership
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[…]
Webinar | Restoring Sight Worldwide: A Global Update on Eye Banking
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.
The Global Eye Bank Community welcomes a new law banning For-Profit Eye Banking in Kentucky, USA.
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[…]
ALERT UP-DATE: Coronavirus (COVID-2019) and Ocular Tissue Donation.
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[…]
World Report on Vision Launched by WHO, IAPB and partners
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[…]
EBAA Launch Position Statement on Tissue Acquisition.
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.[…]
A new global data project on human tissue use in corneal transplantation
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[…]
Transplant professionals welcome update to the Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism at international workshop
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[…]
Launch: Barcelona Principles
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,[…]
Global Call to Action – new ICO position statement on human corneal tissue for transplantation
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[…]
Call for Abstracts – World Eye Bank Symposium (Barcelona 2018)
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[…]
Medical Advisory Board – Standards Alert
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[…]
EBAANZ Ratifies ANZs – first Bioethical Framework for Policy and Practice
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[…]
Global Eye Bank Response to Ebola (EVD)
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[…]