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Various programs and activities to increase awareness from the public of the importance of regular check ups. This is an annual project in cooperation with the Department of Health, the Philippine College of Optometrists, and the Barangay Health Workers. 

Each Society makes their services available to the municipality usually every August but has been a year round activity for most.

OAP supports and adheres to the WCO statement on stand-alone refraction

The WORLD COUNCIL OF OPTOMETRY - WCO has a clear policy to develop the optometric workforce. WCO acknowledges that in some developing countries, and particularly in rural areas, there are insufficient clinicians to carry out refraction as part of a complete (or comprehensive) eye examination which includes detecting the early signs of disease and abnormality. However, WCO believes strongly that ‘stand-alone refraction’, without an eye health examination that includes an eye health examination is a serious public health issue. WCO knows, through its relations with Governments and professionals in developing countries, that the public believe they have had a complete eye examination if they have been refracted, thus reducing the potential for early identification of potentially sight-threatening disease.


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