Dr Gullapalli N Rao receives Outstanding Humanitarian Service Award

By: L V Prasad Eye Institute
 
HYDERABAD, India - Nov. 26, 2013 - PRLog -- Hyderabad, November 25, 2013: The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) honoured Dr Gullapalli N Rao, Founder and Chairman of L V Prasad Eye Institute with its "Outstanding Humanitarian Service Award". This award was bestowed on him in recognition of the eye care delivery model he created with the Institute and his contributions to prevention of blindness globally.  The award was presented to Dr Rao on November 17, at the AAO’s annual meeting in New Orleans.

LVPEI’s model of Eye care, represented by a pyramid, emphasizes the creation of sustainable permanent facilities within communities, staffed and managed by locally trained human resources, and linked effectively with successively higher levels of care.

Dr. Rao was also the recipient of "International Prevention of Blindness Award" of the Academy earlier.

About L V Prasad Eye Institute

The L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) was established in 1986-87 at Hyderabad as a not-for-profit, non-government, public-spirited, comprehensive eye care institution. LVPEI is governed by two trusts: the Hyderabad Eye Institute and the Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation. The Institute is a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Prevention of Blindness and a Global Resource Center for VISION 2020: The Right to Sight initiative. LVPEI has six active arms to its areas of operations namely Clinical Services, Education, Research, Rehabilitation and Sight Enhancement Services, Eye Bank, and Public Health and Rural Outreach.  For more information, visit www.lvpei.org

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Location:Hyderabad - Andhra Pradesh - India
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