Submit your WAEH Project Proposal!

December 9, 2025

Is your hospital a member of The World Association of Eye Hospitals and do you have a great idea to improve ophthalmic care worldwide? Turn your idea into a project with global impact on eyecare! 👁️✨🌍

Send in your project proposal before January 31, 2026. Download the project proposal here and send in your Project Proposal to Maaike van Zuilen:

The World Association of Eye Hospitals supports 2 to 4 projects each year, offering €7,500 to finance the project.

Current projects?

Cataract Calendar Project (by Moorfields Eye Hospital, London – 2025)
Advanced Practice Orthoptists: Co-management and Care Plan Facilitation (by The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital – 2025)
Anaesthetic modalities, cost and patient-reported intraoperative pain in ophthalmic surgery (by Clinica Oftalmológica Pasteur – 2025)
Developing Guidelines for Nursing and Allied Healthcare Staff to assist Visually Impaired Patients (by King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (KKESH) – 2025)

All projects aim on one shared mission: enhancing the quality and safety of eye care globally. Outcomes are shared across the WAEH network! Participation is exclusive to WAEH members. Considering joining? We’d be delighted to welcome your eye hospital into our international community.

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