VOSH/International Unveils Two New Programs at Annual Meeting

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—VOSH/International unveiled two new programs at their annual meeting held here on Oct. 10 to 11, 2013. The programs, VOSH Corps and Eye Tech, will accompany the organization’s goal previously established in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) – VISION 2020, or the elimination of preventable blindness by the year 2020.   VOSH Corps, modeled after the Peace Corps, is a program established in collaboration with the Brien Holden Vision Institute Public Health Division and Supported by Optometry Giving Sight (OGS). The program will recruit graduates from North American schools of optometry to serve in emerging optometric institutions around the world, where they will initially serve as faculty and program development assistants and progressively be inducted into teaching positions over a two year commitment.    See more