I was wondering if anyone could tell me a ballpark figure on how much
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hi
this is rajesh and i want to sign in for the group if its free.i am from india .
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and I have just signed up to this group seconds ago,it feels good as
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robert whitney <robertwhitney2001@...> wrote:It depends on the type of
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> Subject: [Optical Labs] Need lenses made
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robert whitney <robertwhitney2001@...> wrote:It depends on the type of
lenses.  for example at fair optical  sv plastic lenses are $18.  Bifocal lined
are $38.  What type of lenses are U looking for?  Fair optical is located in
milwuakee, detorit, and st louis.

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--- In opticallabs@yahoogroups.com, "Julie" <jules210@a...> wrote:
> What kind of lenses are they quoting you?
> Julie
> ----- Original Message -----
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> To: <opticallabs@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 3:12 AM
> Subject: [Optical Labs] Need lenses made
>
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> > Hi!
> > I bought my frames, now a company is quoting me $90.00
> > for new lenses, is that a good price or can I get them cheaper
from
> > any of you?
> > Thanks,
> > Bobbie
> >
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It depends on the type of lenses.  for example at fair optical  sv plastic
lenses are $18.  Bifocal lined are $38.  What type of lenses are U looking for? 
Fair optical is located in milwuakee, detorit, and st louis.

rama_opticians <rama_opticians@...> wrote:
--- In opticallabs@yahoogroups.com, "Julie" <jules210@a...> wrote:
> What kind of lenses are they quoting you?
> Julie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "bobbiecoker" <bobbiecoker@y...>
> To: <opticallabs@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 3:12 AM
> Subject: [Optical Labs] Need lenses made
>
>
> > Hi!
> > I bought my frames, now a company is quoting me $90.00
> > for new lenses, is that a good price or can I get them cheaper
from
> > any of you?
> > Thanks,
> > Bobbie
> >
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> What kind of lenses are they quoting you?
> Julie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "bobbiecoker" <bobbiecoker@y...>
> To: <opticallabs@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 3:12 AM
> Subject: [Optical Labs] Need lenses made
>
>
> > Hi!
> > I bought my frames, now a company is quoting me $90.00
> > for new lenses, is that a good price or can I get them cheaper
from
> > any of you?
> > Thanks,
> > Bobbie
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > PRISES R SKY HI,I CAN GIVE IN 50% PRICE
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Mark,
I can guarantee you that if your glasses are that old that its the
anti-reflective coating coming off.  All of these coatings are
designed to last the life of a prescription.  Your prescription from
the eye doctor is only good for 1 to 2 years and then you should have
a regular eye exam within this time period...this is what is
recommended by all eye doctors.  Therefore these coatings will only
last that long.  Anti-reflective coatings are multi-layered coatings
that thru time the outer coatings "wear" off thru cleaning and such.
Alcohol and ammonia based cleaners will "speed" up the wearing off of
such coatings.  Even with using the specially designed lens cleaners
these coatings are not going to last as long as your expecting them
too.  Now, I carry in my store a solution that removes the anti-
reflective coating.  If you can find someone there where you live
that carries that solution you can have them remove it for you.  The
best coatings on the market now carry at the most a two year warranty
and a couple of them are really good coatings too.  Hoya Hi-Vision
and Hoya Super Hi-Vision are good coatings and carry two year
warranties....I've had good success with them.  Another is called
Crizal.  I like the Hoya coatings the best..they have better scratch
resistance qualities in my opinion.  They are available in different
plastic materials so you have several options.
Hope this helps and let me know if you have any other questions.
Brent

--- In opticallabs@yahoogroups.com, "mrstringer" <mrstringer@y...>
wrote:
>
> Brent,
> Thanks for your reply. I kind of suspected that the coatings on my
> lenses are responsible for the loss of optic quality. When I fist
> got my lenses 5 years ago they were super clear. They have an
> anti glare as well as UV coating, sort of a green shimmer. Now,
> after 5 years the optics are much worse.
>
> I'm dissapointed that they only maintained their opitc quality for
4
> or 5 years. Is this standard for coatings? The guy who sold them
> to me assured me that the lenses and coatings were state of the
> art.
>
> I would like to try glass lenses but I think my perscription is to
> severe, 1.45 or something like that. I'll look into it, and also
those
> coatings you mentioned.
>
> I had some insurance recently that entitled me to a pair of
> eyeglasses. I got some plastic lenes with no coatings on them.
> They are crystal clear compared to my 5 year old lenses. I'll see
> how they last.
>
> Thanks again for the info.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In opticallabs@yahoogroups.com, waylonfannm
> <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> >
> > Mark,
> > Lenses don't wear out however certain coatings can slowly
> distengrate
> > and compromise the optics.  Also, scratches play a part in the
> acuity
> > of lenses.  Glass lenses surpass all lenses as far as the best
> optics
> > that you can get however there is a weight issue there.  Your
> > prescription will determine if you need a thinner lighter
> > material...there a quite a few on the market to choose
> from...much of
> > it depending on how much correction you have.  There is a
> newer lense
> > made from a material called Trivex which has exceptional
> optics and
> > is a very durable lense.  This lense with an anti-reflective
> coating
> > should give you exceptional optics.  Anti-reflective coatings
> improve
> > the light transmission of the lenses therefore improving clarity
> > also.  Two coatings on the market that are very good are the:
> Hoya
> > Super Hi-vision anti-reflective coating and also the Crizal Azize
> is
> > good also.
> > Hope this helps,
> > Brent Seilheimer, A.B.O.C
> >
> > --- In opticallabs@yahoogroups.com, "mrstringer"
> <mrstringer@y...>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I'm nearsighted and have been wearing glasses for 25 years
> or
> > > so. I've noticed that whenever I get new glasses the new
> lenses
> > > seem to work much better, clearer and sharper, even though
> > > they have the same perscription. Do lens "wear out" over
> time?
> > > Does it has something to do with the lens coatings that are
> > > popular these days? What are the best lenses to buy? I'm
> > > interesested in maximum clarity, I'm thinking of going with
> just a
> > > plain lens, no anti glare coatings or such.
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > >  Mark

I think my perscription is more like 4.0 , my vision is poor


--- In opticallabs@yahoogroups.com, waylonfannm
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
>
> Mark,
> Lenses don't wear out however certain coatings can slowly
distengrate
> and compromise the optics.  Also, scratches play a part in the
acuity
> of lenses.  Glass lenses surpass all lenses as far as the best
optics
> that you can get however there is a weight issue there.  Your
> prescription will determine if you need a thinner lighter
> material...there a quite a few on the market to choose
from...much of
> it depending on how much correction you have.  There is a
newer lense
> made from a material called Trivex which has exceptional
optics and
> is a very durable lense.  This lense with an anti-reflective
coating
> should give you exceptional optics.  Anti-reflective coatings
improve
> the light transmission of the lenses therefore improving clarity
> also.  Two coatings on the market that are very good are the:
Hoya
> Super Hi-vision anti-reflective coating and also the Crizal Azize
is
> good also.
> Hope this helps,
> Brent Seilheimer, A.B.O.C
>
> --- In opticallabs@yahoogroups.com, "mrstringer"
<mrstringer@y...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm nearsighted and have been wearing glasses for 25 years
or
> > so. I've noticed that whenever I get new glasses the new
lenses
> > seem to work much better, clearer and sharper, even though
> > they have the same perscription. Do lens "wear out" over
time?
> > Does it has something to do with the lens coatings that are
> > popular these days? What are the best lenses to buy? I'm
> > interesested in maximum clarity, I'm thinking of going with
just a
> > plain lens, no anti glare coatings or such.
> >
> > thanks,
> >  Mark

Brent,
Thanks for your reply. I kind of suspected that the coatings on my
lenses are responsible for the loss of optic quality. When I fist
got my lenses 5 years ago they were super clear. They have an
anti glare as well as UV coating, sort of a green shimmer. Now,
after 5 years the optics are much worse.

I'm dissapointed that they only maintained their opitc quality for 4
or 5 years. Is this standard for coatings? The guy who sold them
to me assured me that the lenses and coatings were state of the
art.

I would like to try glass lenses but I think my perscription is to
severe, 1.45 or something like that. I'll look into it, and also those
coatings you mentioned.

I had some insurance recently that entitled me to a pair of
eyeglasses. I got some plastic lenes with no coatings on them.
They are crystal clear compared to my 5 year old lenses. I'll see
how they last.

Thanks again for the info.

Mark





--- In opticallabs@yahoogroups.com, waylonfannm
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
>
> Mark,
> Lenses don't wear out however certain coatings can slowly
distengrate
> and compromise the optics.  Also, scratches play a part in the
acuity
> of lenses.  Glass lenses surpass all lenses as far as the best
optics
> that you can get however there is a weight issue there.  Your
> prescription will determine if you need a thinner lighter
> material...there a quite a few on the market to choose
from...much of
> it depending on how much correction you have.  There is a
newer lense
> made from a material called Trivex which has exceptional
optics and
> is a very durable lense.  This lense with an anti-reflective
coating
> should give you exceptional optics.  Anti-reflective coatings
improve
> the light transmission of the lenses therefore improving clarity
> also.  Two coatings on the market that are very good are the:
Hoya
> Super Hi-vision anti-reflective coating and also the Crizal Azize
is
> good also.
> Hope this helps,
> Brent Seilheimer, A.B.O.C
>
> --- In opticallabs@yahoogroups.com, "mrstringer"
<mrstringer@y...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm nearsighted and have been wearing glasses for 25 years
or
> > so. I've noticed that whenever I get new glasses the new
lenses
> > seem to work much better, clearer and sharper, even though
> > they have the same perscription. Do lens "wear out" over
time?
> > Does it has something to do with the lens coatings that are
> > popular these days? What are the best lenses to buy? I'm
> > interesested in maximum clarity, I'm thinking of going with
just a
> > plain lens, no anti glare coatings or such.
> >
> > thanks,
> >  Mark

Mark,
Lenses don't wear out however certain coatings can slowly distengrate
and compromise the optics.  Also, scratches play a part in the acuity
of lenses.  Glass lenses surpass all lenses as far as the best optics
that you can get however there is a weight issue there.  Your
prescription will determine if you need a thinner lighter
material...there a quite a few on the market to choose from...much of
it depending on how much correction you have.  There is a newer lense
made from a material called Trivex which has exceptional optics and
is a very durable lense.  This lense with an anti-reflective coating
should give you exceptional optics.  Anti-reflective coatings improve
the light transmission of the lenses therefore improving clarity
also.  Two coatings on the market that are very good are the: Hoya
Super Hi-vision anti-reflective coating and also the Crizal Azize is
good also.
Hope this helps,
Brent Seilheimer, A.B.O.C

--- In opticallabs@yahoogroups.com, "mrstringer" <mrstringer@y...>
wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm nearsighted and have been wearing glasses for 25 years or
> so. I've noticed that whenever I get new glasses the new lenses
> seem to work much better, clearer and sharper, even though
> they have the same perscription. Do lens "wear out" over time?
> Does it has something to do with the lens coatings that are
> popular these days? What are the best lenses to buy? I'm
> interesested in maximum clarity, I'm thinking of going with just a
> plain lens, no anti glare coatings or such.
>
> thanks,
>  Mark

Hello,

I'm nearsighted and have been wearing glasses for 25 years or
so. I've noticed that whenever I get new glasses the new lenses
seem to work much better, clearer and sharper, even though
they have the same perscription. Do lens "wear out" over time?
Does it has something to do with the lens coatings that are
popular these days? What are the best lenses to buy? I'm
interesested in maximum clarity, I'm thinking of going with just a
plain lens, no anti glare coatings or such.

thanks,
  Mark

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Unite For Sight program

Buduburum Refugee Camp in Ghana
In coordination with the local Liberian Refugee-run NGO “Self-Help
Initiatives For Sustainable Development” (SHIFSD), Unite For Sight is
designing a comprehensive eye health program for children and teachers in
the forty-three schools at the Buduburum Refugee Camp near Accra.  The
first Unite For Sight volunteers will arrive at the refugee camp on
December 28, 2004 to distribute eyeglasses, screen for eye disease and
coordinate treatment at an eye clinic, implement eye health education
programs for children, and implement a Train-the-Trainer program for
teachers in the schools.  The Unite For Sight volunteers will be trained by
ophthalmologists at the Christian Eye Clinic in Tema to screen for eye
disease and prescribe eyeglasses.

At present, there is only one health clinic with a single qualified
physician for the 82,000 residents at the Buduburum Refugee Camp.  Because
the population does not have an eye doctor available, Unite For Sight
volunteers will screen the children for treatable eye conditions, including
refractive error, congenital cataracts, xerophthalmia, trachoma, river
blindness, and conjunctivitis, and coordinate their care by
ophthalmologists at the newly established Christian Eye Clinic in Tema,
Ghana.

While the children at the Buduburum Refugee Camp will be taught by Unite
For Sight volunteers about eye anatomy and eye health, the teachers will be
trained in basic visual acuity testing and participate in seminars about
eye health so that they can recognize potential eye disease or visual
acuity problems among their students and refer them to a doctor for
treatment.  The trained teachers will develop an ongoing, sustainable
relationship with the ophthalmologists at the Christian Eye Clinic in
Tema.  The teachers will also be encouraged to include Unite For Sight’s
educational curriculum about eye health in their classroom.

Previous Unite For Sight Volunteers Share Their Experiences
“Unite For Sight’s volunteers announced the eye clinic at church and beat
the gong gong to spread the word.  As the clinic went on for the second
week, word spread to other communities, and patients came to the clinic
from as far away as two hours.  Even after the clinic ended, people brought
blind relatives from long distances.” –Alison Polk-Williams, Summer 2004,
Humjibre, Ghana

"My experience in Tanzania this summer was life-changing. It has solidified
my commitment to pursue international public health and to reach out to
underserved communities who cannot get care on their own. By screening
people for cataracts, distributing eyeglasses, providing medications, and
teaching eye health in schools, I gave hope to the village of Nyamuswa.
Where advanced, high-tech care was but a dream, I showed that ophthalmic
care, and health care in general, can be a reality for them, despite the
poverty and lack of access to services. I can't imagine doing anything more
worthwhile with my summer." -- Sachin Jain, Unite For Sight Volunteer,
Summer 2004, Nyamuswa, Tanzania

“It was a wonderful experience working in Tanzania. The need for eyeglasses
and other eye services is real and urgent. You sense it from the questions
people ask, the requests they make and the stories they tell. Average wage
is Tsh 48,000 (USD 43) while a pair of eyeglasses costs Tsh 30,000 (USD
27). People cannot afford eyeglasses. Misconceptions about eye surgeries
remain. Yet, every Tanzanian I met has been very receptive to our programs.
  From the policy makers to the villagers, everyone supports our work,
appreciates our efforts and invites us back to Tanzania. Sensing a need in
the community is one thing, being supported and respected by the people
made the internship very much more fulfilling.” –Sally Ong, Summer 2004,
Tanzania

Contact JStaple@... and www.uniteforsight.org for an
application and details.

Sincerely,
Jennifer Staple
Founder, President & CEO
Unite For Sight
www.uniteforsight.org
.


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Dear all,

This conference will likely be of interest to many people on this e-mail list.

UNITE FOR SIGHT 2nd ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
"Eyes on International Collaboration:
Promoting Health From Campus to Lab to Field."
Boston : April 2nd and 3rd 2005

Early Bird Registration at
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2005_conference_registration.shtml
Contact JStaple@... with any questions.

All of the funds raised from the $15 (early bird) registration fees with go
toward Unite For Sight's sight-restoring cataract surgery programs in
Ghana, Tanzania, Nigeria, and India during Summer 2005.

Community Experiences: Improving Health for the Medically Underserved
    "Impossible Dreams - The First Ascent of the East Face of Mt. Everest
and Eradicating Blindness in Mountainous Asia", Dr. Geoffrey Tabin, MD
    “Eye Diseases and Community Experiences in Tanzania”, Dr. Muhsin
Sheriff, MD, MPH
    "Health Care for the Homeless in Boston,” Dr. James O’Connell, MD

The Role of Research to Improve Health
    "Compassion, Knowledge, and Advanced Ophthalmic Technologies", Dr.
Dimitri Azar, MD
    “Advances in Corneal Transplantation,” Dr. Shachar Tauber, MD
    "Optic Neuro-Prevention - A Strategy to Eradicate Glaucoma Blindness,”
Dr. Louis Pasquale, MD
    "Stem Cells to the Retinal Rescue," Dr. Michael J. Young, PhD
    "The Role of Household Drinking Water Treatment Technologies and Safe
Water Storage in Preventing Blindness in the Developing World,” Ms. Susan
Murcott, M.S.

Epidemiology and The Economic Perspective on Health Improvement
    "The Cost of Blindness,” Dr. Kevin Frick, PhD
    “The Role of Economics in Improving Health Outcomes,” Heidi Williams, MSc

International Community Eye Health Programs by Unite For Sight Student Interns

Biographies of the Speakers

Community Experiences: Improving Health for the Medically Underserved

"Impossible Dreams - The First Ascent of the East Face of Mt. Everest and
Eradicating Blindness in Mountainous Asia", Dr. Geoffrey Tabin, MD
Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Himalayan Cataract Project and Associate
Professor of Surgery and Ophthalmology at the University of Vermont College
of Medicine

In 1994, Dr. Tabin co-founded the Himalayan Cataract Project, which strives
to eradicate preventable and curable blindness in the Himalaya through high
quality ophthalmic care, education, and establishment of a world-class eye
care infrastructure. He trained the first Tibetan surgeon to perform
microscopic cataract surgery and established the Tilganga Eye Center in
1994 as the first outpatient cataract surgery facility in the Himalayan
region. Dr. Tabin was featured in a National Geographic Ultimate Explorer
program entitled “Miracle Doctors” on MSNBC in September 2003. Dr. Tabin is
also on Unite For Sight’s Medical Advisory Board.

“Eye Diseases and Community Experiences in Tanzania”, Dr. Muhsin Sheriff,
MD, MPH
MPH (cataract surgery eye camps in Tanzania)
MUCHS - Harvard Research Collaboration, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;
MPH in Quantitative Methods Candidate at Harvard School of Public Health

Dr. Sheriff is Internal Medical Monitor at the MUCHS (Muhumbili University
College of Health Sciences) - Harvard Research Collaboration in Tanzania.
He is a medical doctor with an MPH in Management and Policy who is studying
for a 1-year MPH degree in Quantitative Methods at Harvard School of Public
Health. He will share inspiring stories about his work to improve community
health in rural areas of Tanzania. 'In addition to his full time job, he
volunteers with a group of medical and non-medical personnel in conducting
'eye camps' in rural villages where they provide vision screenings and
refractions, distribute eyeglasses, give health checkups and advice, and
organize eye surgeries. Dr. Sheriff received a Volunteer Service Award in
2001 from the International Medical Relief of Western New York, Inc for
coordinating eye surgical camps in Tanzania.

"Health Care for the Homeless in Boston,” Dr. James O’Connell, MD
Harvard Professor and Founder and President of the Boston Health Care for
the Homeless Program

Dr. O‚Connell is the Founder and President of the Boston Health Care for
the Homeless program, which began in 1985, currently staffs 250 employees,
and provides medical care to the homeless at 72 sites in the Boston area.
Dr. O‚Connell says that he is a doctor who makes house calls to people who
have no houses,‰ and his organization is considered to be the premier
health care for the homeless program in the country. Prior to his work with
the Boston homeless population, Dr. O‚Connell was national program director
for the Homeless Families Program, a project jointly sponsored by the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development.

The Role of Research to Improve Eye Health

"Compassion, Knowledge, and Advanced Ophthalmic Technologies", Dr. Dimitri
Azar, MD
Harvard Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of the Corneal, External
and Refractive Surgery Services at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Dr. Dimitri Azar, who is also on Unite For Sight’s Medical Advisory Board,
is a Harvard Professor of Ophthalmology, Associate Scientist at the
Schepens Eye Research Institute, and Director of the Corneal, External and
Refractive Surgery Services at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Dr.
Azar has more than one hundred journal publications about corneal, anterior
segment, and refractive surgery. His current research projects include the
molecular basis of corneal scarring and avascularity during wound healing,
as well as refractive surgical innovations and the mathematical basis of
laser surgery.

“Advances in Corneal Transplantation,” Dr. Shachar Tauber, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of Corneal and Refractive
Surgery Service at Yale University

Dr. Tauber, who is on Unite For Sight’s Medical Advisory Board, is a leader
in refractive surgery. He participated in clinical research supporting the
FDA approval of LASIK for correction of hyperopia. He was Visiting Fellow
in advanced techniques in refractive surgery in Venezuela, and served as an
observational fellow in cornea and external disease at Massachusetts Eye &
Ear Hospital. Dr. Tauber was invited to educate ophthalmologists at the
1998 Global Ophthalmology Conference in China and at Tamil Nadu Medical
University in India in 1999.

"Optic Neuro-Prevention - A Strategy to Eradicate Glaucoma Blindness,” Dr.
Louis Pasquale, MD
Co-Director, Glaucoma Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Dr. Pasquale, who is Co-Director of the Glaucoma Service a the
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Assistant Professor in
Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, is interested in developing
strategies to prevent functional visual loss from open-angle glaucoma.

"Stem Cells to the Retinal Rescue," Dr. Michael J. Young, PhD
Director, Minda de Gunzburg Research Center for Retinal Transplantation,
Schepens Eye Research Institute and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at
Harvard Medical School

Dr. Young is one of the world‚s leading researchers in stem cells in the
eye and the use of stem cells for the reversal of blindness. His lab
focuses on the use of neural stem cells for retinal transplantation. His
research projects include "integration of transplanted neural progenitor
cells into the retina of immature and mature dystrophic rats,"
"bioengineering and stem cells to treat optic neuropathy," and
"differentiation of retinal progenitor cells into specific cell types."

"The Role of Household Drinking Water Treatment Technologies and Safe Water
Storage in Preventing Blindness in the Developing World,” Ms. Susan
Murcott, M.S.
Lecturer, Research Engineer, Principal Investigator at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
President of Ecosystems Engineering

Ms. Murcott is a research engineer and lecturer in the Civil and
Environmental Engineering Department at MIT. Her research focuses on
innovative technologies and sustainable approaches in water and municipal
wastewater treatment in development country. She is President of Ecosystems
Engineering, a consulting company specializing in drinking water and
municipal and industrial wastewater projects with an emphasis on the use of
sustainable, innovative, and cost-effective technologies. Among the courses
that she teaches is "Design for Developing Countries," and she also leads
student teams on research project trips in Nepal, Haiti, and Brazil.

Epidemiology and The Economic Perspective on Health Improvement

"The Cost of Blindness,” Dr. Kevin Frick, PhD
Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Dr. Frick is an Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of
Public Health whose research focuses on cost-effectiveness studies dealing
with sensory impairment. He has published research on the global
productivity cost of blindness and how the Vision 2020 blindness prevention
program could affect this cost. His ground breaking paper "The Magnitude
and Cost of Global Blindness: An Increasing Problem That Can Be
Alleviated," published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology, states
that the Vision 2020 program will save US$102 billion over the next 20
years. By 2020, the economic loss in productivity from blindness will be
US$50 billion per year.

“The role of economics in improving health outcomes,” Heidi Williams, MSc
PhD candidate in Economics, Harvard University

Ms. Williams recently completed an AB in mathematics at Dartmouth College
as well as an MSc degree in development economics at the University of
Oxford, supported by a Rhodes scholarship. She is currently working in a
research position at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) in
Boston, with economists Amy Finkelstein and Michael Kremer of Harvard
University. Ms. Williams will begin research and studies in the economics
PhD program at Harvard in the fall of 2005, supported by a National Science
Foundation graduate research fellowship and a Harry S. Truman scholarship.
Her current research is focused in health, including work in epidemiology,
health economics, and program evaluations.

International Community Eye Health Programs by Unite For Sight Student Interns

Presentations by Unite For Sight International Interns (Summer 2004, Fall
2004, and Winter 2005 Interns)

Early Bird Registration at
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2005_conference_registration.shtml
Contact JStaple@... with any questions.


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Dear all,

This Global Health Conference and Jazz for Peace Festival will likely be of
interest to many people on this list.

UNITE FOR SIGHT SYMPOSIUM
GLOBAL PARTNERS: YOUTH, CORPORATIONS, AND ACADEMIA
BRIDGING HEALTH DIVIDES

Saturday, October 2, 2004

Symposium 12-4:30 PM ET at NYU School of Medicine
Followed by Jazz For Peace Festival at 5:30 PM
New York City

Register by September 27th - Reduced Rate

All of the funds raised from the $10 registration fees will go toward Unite
For Sight's sight-restoring cataract surgery programs in Humjibre, Ghana
and Nyamuswa, Tanzania this Fall.

Group Rates Available

Register at http://www.uniteforsight.org/2004_symposium.shtml
Contact Jennifer.Staple@... with any questions.

Unite For Sight is pleased to invite you to attend an exciting
international conference for students, volunteers, physicians, professors,
corporate professionals, nurses, public health professionals, and leaders
in ophthalmology, pubic health, academia, corporations, and policy.

Speakers:
     * "Stem Cells to the Retinal Rescue," Dr. Michael J. Young, PhD,
Director, Minda de Gunzburg Research Center for Retinal Transplantation,
Schepens Eye Research Institute and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at
Harvard Medical School
     * "International Political Crises: The Emergency Rooms of Public
Health," Dr. Ronald Waldman, MD, MPH Professor of Clinical Population &
Family Health and Deputy Director of the Center for Global Health and
Economic Development at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
     * "Eye Diseases and Community Experiences in Tanzania," Dr. Muhsin
Sheriff, MD, MPH, MUCHS - Harvard Research Collaboration, Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania; MPH in Quantitative Methods Candidate at Harvard School of Public
Health
     * "Bridging Health Divides: A Federal Perspective," Ms. Rosemary
Janiszewski, MS, CHES, Deputy Director, Office of Communication, Health
Education and Public Liaison; Director, National Eye Institute Health
Education Program, NIH.
     * "Entrepreneurship in Medical Technology and the Role of Venture
Capital," Mr. Mart Bailey, President, Callaway Private Equity Partners
     * Unite For Sight Summer 2004 Interns in Tanzania and Ghana:
-"Better Vision, A Better Life: Ghana Health and Education Initiative and
Unite
       For Sight Restoring Eyesight in Rural Ghana," Alison Polk-Williams
-"Unite For Sight Improving Eye Health in Rural Tanzania," Sachin Jain
-"Unite For Sight's Eye Health Programs in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania," Sally Ong

Biographies of Speakers

Dr. Michael J. Young, PhD
Director, Minda de Gunzburg Research Center for Retinal Transplantation,
Schepens Eye Research Institute and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at
Harvard Medical School

Dr. Young is one of the world’s leading researchers in stem cells in the
eye and the use of stem cells for the reversal of blindness.  His lab
focuses on the use of neural stem cells for retinal transplantation.  His
research projects include “integration of transplanted neural progenitor
cells into the retina of immature and mature dystrophic rats,”
“bioengineering and stem cells to treat optic neuropathy,” and
“differentiation of retinal progenitor cells into specific cell types.”

Dr. Ronald Waldman, MD, MPH Professor of Clinical Population & Family
Health and Deputy Director of the Center for Global Health and Economic
Development at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Ronald J. Waldman, MD, MPH, is Deputy Director of the Center for Global
Health and Economic Development at the Mailman School of Public Health of
Columbia University, and former Director of its Program on Forced Migration
and Health. He is a physician specializing in child health in developing
countries. Dr. Waldman began his career with the World Health
Organization’s Global Smallpox Eradication Program in Bangladesh.   He
subsequently worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for
more than twenty years where, among other assignments, he directed
technical support activities for the Combating Childhood Communicable
Diseases Project.  In the 1980s and 1990s he and his colleagues at the CDC
published a series of studies on the epidemiology of refugee health and
provided public health assistance in many international humanitarian crises.

Dr. Waldman was the coordinator of the Task Force on Cholera Control at WHO
from 1992-1994 and the Technical Director of the USAID-funded child
survival BASICS Project from 1995-1999.  He is the immediate past Chairman
of the International Health Section of the American Public Health
Association and serves in an advisory capacity to a number of international
non-governmental organizations.  He has worked in complex emergencies in
Somalia, Rwanda, Bosnia, Albania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan
and, most recently, Iraq.

Dr. Muhsin Sheriff, MD, MPH
MUCHS - Harvard Research Collaboration, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;
MPH in Quantitative Methods Candidate at Harvard School of Public Health

Dr. Sheriff is Internal Medical Monitor at the MUCHS (Muhumbili University
College of Health Sciences) - Harvard Research Collaboration in Tanzania.
He is a medical doctor with an MPH in Management and Policy who is studying
for a 1-year MPH degree in Quantitative Methods at Harvard School of Public
Health. He will share inspiring stories about his work to improve community
health in rural areas of Tanzania. 'In addition to his full time job, he
volunteers with a group of medical and non-medical personnel in conducting
'eye camps' in rural villages where they provide vision screenings and
refractions, distribute eyeglasses, give health checkups and advice, and
organize eye surgeries. Dr. Sheriff received a Volunteer Service Award in
2001 from the International Medical Relief of Western New York, Inc for
coordinating eye surgical camps in Tanzania.

Ms. Rosemary Janiszewski
Deputy Director, Office of Communication, Health Education and Public
Liason; Director, National Eye Institute Health Education Program, NIH.

Ms. Janiszewski has worked in the health education field for more than 20
years at both the state and federal level. Since 1989, she has directed NEI
health education activities, including the National Eye Health Education
Program, a program to prevent vision loss through public and professional
education programs.  She implemented the Healthy Vision 2010 program, a
vision-related component of Healthy People 2010Before joining the NEI , Ms.
Janiszewski was the coordinator for the Cancer Information Service in
Illinois. She also served as a program coordinator at the American Heart
Association of Wisconsin. She received her MS in community health education
at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. She is a Certified Health
Education Specialist (CHES).

Mr. Mart Bailey
Founder and President, Callaway Private Equities Partners

Mr. Bailey founded Callaway Private Equity Partners to serve the private
financing needs of emerging growth health care companies. Working with
creative and experienced entrepreneurs, Mr. Bailey cultivates the most
compelling opportunities in the medical technology and life sciences
industries and brings together for them ideal strategic and investment
partners.

Unite For Sight Student International Intern Speakers

Alison Polk-Williams,
Unite For Sight's Cataract Surgery Program in Humjibre, Ghana
Alison Polk-Williams lived and worked in Ghana between August 2003 and
August 2004, where she was the Ghana Health and Education Initiative‚s
co-Project Coordinator and Financial Officer in Ghana. She developed GHEI's
English enrichment program for middle school students, supervised
construction of GHEI's Community Center, and volunteered in a nearby
private hospital. She also coordinated the first Unite For Sight cataract
surgery program during June 2004 in conjunction with the Ghana Health and
Education Initiative (GHEI).

Prior to her year in Ghana, Alison graduated from University of
Pennsylvania with a degree in Health and Societies with a concentration in
Health in Africa. She has done development work in the Dominican Republic
and Tanzania doing construction and working in a secondary school. She also
studied at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania during Summer 2002.

Since her return to the United States in August, Alison has assumed the
position as Vice President for External Affairs with the Ghana Health and
Education Initiative. She will continue to develop and coordinate future
GHEI/Unite for Sight Volunteer Programs in Humjibre, an important effort
aimed at preventing eye disease and restoring eyesight. She plans to attend
medical school in the future.

Sachin Jain,
Unite For Sight's Program in Nyamuswa and Mwanza, Tanzania
Sachin Jain is a second-year medical student at Rush Medical College in
Chicago, IL. Some of his interests include advocacy for underserved
populations, universal health coverage, and international public health. He
traveled to rural Tanzania as a Unite For Sight intern in the summer of
2004 to implement several eye care initiatives, such as establishing a
cataract surgery program, an eye clinic, and eye health education in local
schools. He has also been honored with an Albert Schweitzer Fellowship for
the 2004-05 academic year. His fellowship focuses on delivering eye care
services, and diabetes and asthma education to a homeless community in
Chicago. Sachin is also the Unite For Sight Regional Director for the
Midwest and national co-coordinator for the American Medical Student
Association's Direct Action Interest Group.

"My experience in Tanzania this summer was life-changing. By screening
people for cataracts, distributing eyeglasses, relieving the cost of
medications, and teaching eye health in schools, I gave hope to the village
of Nyamuswa. Where advanced, high-tech care was but a dream, I showed that
ophthalmic care, and health care in general, can be a reality for them,
despite the poverty and lack of access to services. I can't imagine doing
anything more worthwhile with my summer."

Sally Ong,
Unite For Sight's Program in Tanzania
Sally is a sophomore undergraduate student at Duke University. She is from
Johor, Malaysia and is considering a double major in Biology and Political
Science. Sally is involved with service-learning initiatives, including
participating in a course entitled "Humanitarian Challenges at Home and
Abroad FOCUS program" and teaching a course entitled "Service Learning:
Expanding Your Duke Education beyond the Classroom."

Sally is the co-Vice President of Duke's chapter of Unite For Sight. As a
Unite For Sight Student Intern in Tanzania during Summer 2004, she
prescribed eyeglasses, participated in cataract eye surgery camps, and
implemented eye health education programs in schools throughout the country.

"It was a wonderful experience working in Tanzania. The need for eyeglasses
and other eye services is real and urgent. You sense it from the questions
people ask, the requests they make and the stories they tell. Average wage
is Tsh 48,000 (USD 43) while a pair of eyeglasses costs Tsh 30,000 (USD
27). People cannot afford eyeglasses. Every Tanzanian I met has been very
receptive to our programs. From the policy makers to the villagers,
everyone supports our work, appreciates our efforts and invites us back to
Tanzania. Sensing a need in the community is one thing, being supported and
respected by the people made the internship very much more fulfilling."

Register at http://www.uniteforsight.org/2004_symposium.shtml
Contact Jennifer.Staple@... with any questions.

Jazz For Peace Festival Concert Benefiting Unite For Sight at 5:30 PM

On Saturday, October 2nd, a Jazz For Peace Concert featuring Rick
DellaRatta will benefit Unite For Sight, a 501(c)3 nonprofit global
humanitarian organization that works globally to develop sustainable
solutions to improve eye health outcomes.  The proceeds of the concert will
fund sight-restoring cataract surgeries coordinated by Unite For Sight in
African countries.  The benefit will be held at Penang - 24 Columbus
Avenue, New York, NY - at 5:30 pm. Tickets are $25 plus a one drink
minimum. For details, please go
to  <http://www.jazzforpeace.org>www.jazzforpeace.org.


Unite For Sight has been recognized by USA Today, Glamour Magazine, Nokia
and International Youth Foundation’s YouthActionNet, and WK Kellogg
Foundation. With seventy-five chapters established at universities and
medical schools, Unite For Sight has an international network of 2,000
students and volunteers who build healthier communities through disease
prevention, eye health promotion, and health education.  Each chapter works
with local community infrastructures to improve access to health programs,
and the primary objective is to prevent blindness.

Jazz For Peace? and Rick DellaRatta has been featured on the cover of
UPWARD, the feature article insert of  BIG NEWS, which is distributed
widely in the streets and subways of New York City as well as Albany,
NY.  Rick DellaRatta was invited to lead a band for an international
audience that consisted of Israeli, Middle Eastern, European, Asian &
American' Jazz musicians.  Rick named this band "Jazz For Peace?"

Jazz for Peace's mission is to help advance people to their highest
potential through the understanding of Jazz as well as spreading peace
through our "Jazz For Peace? Concerts" worldwide - joining forces (or
performing) with multi-cultural musicians to spread peace through the art
form of Jazz and entering regions that are politically controversial. By
the means of live concerts, video taping, on hands/on-line teaching as well
as supplying musical instruments to underprivileged children in under
developed areas worldwide, Jazz for Peace will re-enforce what past history
has proven - that the art form of Jazz has the ability to create a positive
effect that unites people and may eventually start to transform the
barriers and issues of different cultures and beliefs.  For more
information please visit <http://www.jazzforpeace.org/>www.jazzforpeace.org

Recent Quotes:
"Rick DellaRatta is one of the finest Jazz pianists alive."
                 --Savannah Times
"It is actually the quality of DellaRatta's voice that grows on me more &
more with repeated listenings. At first I felt that Rick's strengths as a
pianist were foremost, but with time I have come to understand that
Dellaratta's skill as a vocalist is not to be underestimated. "His voice
has quite a haunting quality to it, being slightly androgenous in tone,
sometimes ghostly.... sometimes sexy. "
                  --Jen Karpin, Green Mtn Jazz Messenger

".....sure it will be a good show."
                 --New York Times Jazz Forum

Register at http://www.uniteforsight.org/2004_symposium.shtml
Contact Jennifer.Staple@... with any questions.


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Hi everyone,

I'm writing to inform you about international internship opportunities to
help restore eyesight and prevent blindness in rural villages in Ghana,
Tanzania, and Benin.

Apply for a Unite for Sight Volunteer Program in Ghana, Benin, or
Tanzania!  Contact JStaple@... for an application and
details.  All persons over the age of 18 are welcome to apply, including
premedical students, medical students, public health professionals, nurses,
graduate students, doctors, and others.

Dates:
Ghana Fall 2004 - November 1, 2004 - December 20, 2004 with optional
extension until January 15, 2005. - Rolling Application Deadline
Ghana Spring 2005 - March 1 - April 30, 2005 - Application Deadline is
December 15
Tanzania 2005 - January 15 - March 15, 2005 - Rolling Application Deadline
Benin 2005 - January 15 - May 15, 2005 - Rolling Application Deadline

In Ghana and Tanzania, volunteers will receive training and will then
screen patients for operable cataracts, arrange for cataract surgeries,
distribute eyeglasses and conduct eye health education in local schools and
community centers.  These programs are a continuation of very successful
Unite For Sight cataract surgery program in Humjibre and Nyamuswa during
Summer 2004.  In Benin, volunteers will distribute eyeglasses, conduct eye
health education in local schools, and coordinate a new cataract surgery
program.  This program is also a continuation of a successful Summer 2004
Unite For Sight program.

Learn more about these and future internship opportunities at the Symposium
in New York City on October 2nd:
http://www.uniteforsight.org/2004_symposium.shtml

“Unite For Sight’s volunteers announced the eye clinic at church and beat
the gong gong to spread the word.  As the clinic went on for the second
week, word spread to other communities, and patients came to the clinic
from as far away as two hours.  Even after the clinic ended, people brought
blind relatives from long distances.” –Alison Polk-Williams, Summer 2004,
Humjibre, Ghana

"My experience in Tanzania this summer was life-changing. It has solidified
my commitment to pursue international public health and to reach out to
underserved communities who cannot get care on their own. By screening
people for cataracts, distributing eyeglasses, providing medications, and
teaching eye health in schools, I gave hope to the village of Nyamuswa.
Where advanced, high-tech care was but a dream, I showed that ophthalmic
care, and health care in general, can be a reality for them, despite the
poverty and lack of access to services. I can't imagine doing anything more
worthwhile with my summer." -- Sachin Jain, Unite For Sight Volunteer,
Summer 2004, Nyamuswa, Tanzania

“It was a wonderful experience working in Tanzania. The need for eyeglasses
and other eye services is real and urgent. You sense it from the questions
people ask, the requests they make and the stories they tell. Average wage
is Tsh 48,000 (USD 43) while a pair of eyeglasses costs Tsh 30,000 (USD
27). People cannot afford eyeglasses. Misconceptions about eye surgeries
remain. Yet, every Tanzanian I met has been very receptive to our programs.
  From the policy makers to the villagers, everyone supports our work,
appreciates our efforts and invites us back to Tanzania. Sensing a need in
the community is one thing, being supported and respected by the people
made the internship very much more fulfilling.” –Sally Ong, Summer 2004,
Tanzania

Contact JStaple@... and www.uniteforsight.org for an
application and details.

Sincerely,
Jennifer Staple
Founder, President & CEO
Unite For Sight
www.uniteforsight.org


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Dear all,

This conference, with a significant component focused on children's health,
will likely be of interest to many people on this list.

UNITE FOR SIGHT SYMPOSIUM
GLOBAL PARTNERS: YOUTH, CORPORATIONS, AND ACADEMIA
BRIDGING HEALTH DIVIDES

Saturday, October 2, 2004

Symposium 12-4:30 PM ET at NYU School of Medicine
Followed by Jazz For Peace Festival at 5:30 PM
New York City

Register by September 20th - Reduced Rate

All of the funds raised from the $8 registration fees will go toward Unite
For Sight's sight-restoring cataract surgery programs in Humjibre, Ghana
and Nyamuswa, Tanzania this Fall.

Group Rates Available

Register at http://www.uniteforsight.org/2004_symposium.shtml
Contact Jennifer.Staple@... with any questions.

Unite For Sight is pleased to invite you to attend an exciting
international conference for students, volunteers, physicians, professors,
corporate professionals, nurses, public health professionals, and leaders
in ophthalmology, pubic health, academia, corporations, and policy.

Speakers:
     * "Stem Cells to the Retinal Rescue," Dr. Michael J. Young, PhD,
Director, Minda de Gunzburg Research Center for Retinal Transplantation,
Schepens Eye Research Institute and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at
Harvard Medical School
     * "International Political Crises: The Emergency Rooms of Public
Health," Dr. Ronald Waldman, MD, MPH Professor of Clinical Population &
Family Health and Deputy Director of the Center for Global Health and
Economic Development at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
     * "Eye Diseases and Community Experiences in Tanzania," Dr. Muhsin
Sheriff, MD, MPH, MUCHS - Harvard Research Collaboration, Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania; MPH in Quantitative Methods Candidate at Harvard School of Public
Health
     * "Bridging Health Divides: A Federal Perspective," Ms. Rosemary
Janiszewski, MS, CHES, Deputy Director, Office of Communication, Health
Education and Public Liaison; Director, National Eye Institute Health
Education Program, NIH.
     * "Entrepreneurship in Medical Technology and the Role of Venture
Capital," Mr. Mart Bailey, President, Callaway Private Equity Partners
     * Unite For Sight Summer 2004 Interns in Tanzania and Ghana:
-"Better Vision, A Better Life: Ghana Health and Education Initiative and
Unite
       For Sight Restoring Eyesight in Rural Ghana," Alison Polk-Williams
-"Unite For Sight Improving Eye Health in Rural Tanzania," Sachin Jain
-"Unite For Sight's Eye Health Programs in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania," Sally Ong

Biographies of Speakers

Dr. Michael J. Young, PhD
Director, Minda de Gunzburg Research Center for Retinal Transplantation,
Schepens Eye Research Institute and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at
Harvard Medical School

Dr. Young is one of the world’s leading researchers in stem cells in the
eye and the use of stem cells for the reversal of blindness.  His lab
focuses on the use of neural stem cells for retinal transplantation.  His
research projects include “integration of transplanted neural progenitor
cells into the retina of immature and mature dystrophic rats,”
“bioengineering and stem cells to treat optic neuropathy,” and
“differentiation of retinal progenitor cells into specific cell types.”

Dr. Ronald Waldman, MD, MPH Professor of Clinical Population & Family
Health and Deputy Director of the Center for Global Health and Economic
Development at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Ronald J. Waldman, MD, MPH, is Deputy Director of the Center for Global
Health and Economic Development at the Mailman School of Public Health of
Columbia University, and former Director of its Program on Forced Migration
and Health. He is a physician specializing in child health in developing
countries. Dr. Waldman began his career with the World Health
Organization’s Global Smallpox Eradication Program in Bangladesh.   He
subsequently worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for
more than twenty years where, among other assignments, he directed
technical support activities for the Combating Childhood Communicable
Diseases Project.  In the 1980s and 1990s he and his colleagues at the CDC
published a series of studies on the epidemiology of refugee health and
provided public health assistance in many international humanitarian crises.

Dr. Waldman was the coordinator of the Task Force on Cholera Control at WHO
from 1992-1994 and the Technical Director of the USAID-funded child
survival BASICS Project from 1995-1999.  He is the immediate past Chairman
of the International Health Section of the American Public Health
Association and serves in an advisory capacity to a number of international
non-governmental organizations.  He has worked in complex emergencies in
Somalia, Rwanda, Bosnia, Albania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan
and, most recently, Iraq.

Dr. Muhsin Sheriff, MD, MPH
MUCHS - Harvard Research Collaboration, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;
MPH in Quantitative Methods Candidate at Harvard School of Public Health

Dr. Sheriff is Internal Medical Monitor at the MUCHS (Muhumbili University
College of Health Sciences) - Harvard Research Collaboration in Tanzania.
He is a medical doctor with an MPH in Management and Policy who is studying
for a 1-year MPH degree in Quantitative Methods at Harvard School of Public
Health. He will share inspiring stories about his work to improve community
health in rural areas of Tanzania. 'In addition to his full time job, he
volunteers with a group of medical and non-medical personnel in conducting
'eye camps' in rural villages where they provide vision screenings and
refractions, distribute eyeglasses, give health checkups and advice, and
organize eye surgeries. Dr. Sheriff received a Volunteer Service Award in
2001 from the International Medical Relief of Western New York, Inc for
coordinating eye surgical camps in Tanzania.

Ms. Rosemary Janiszewski
Deputy Director, Office of Communication, Health Education and Public
Liason; Director, National Eye Institute Health Education Program, NIH.

Ms. Janiszewski has worked in the health education field for more than 20
years at both the state and federal level. Since 1989, she has directed NEI
health education activities, including the National Eye Health Education
Program, a program to prevent vision loss through public and professional
education programs.  She implemented the Healthy Vision 2010 program, a
vision-related component of Healthy People 2010Before joining the NEI , Ms.
Janiszewski was the coordinator for the Cancer Information Service in
Illinois. She also served as a program coordinator at the American Heart
Association of Wisconsin. She received her MS in community health education
at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. She is a Certified Health
Education Specialist (CHES).

Mr. Mart Bailey
Founder and President, Callaway Private Equities Partners

Mr. Bailey founded Callaway Private Equity Partners to serve the private
financing needs of emerging growth health care companies. Working with
creative and experienced entrepreneurs, Mr. Bailey cultivates the most
compelling opportunities in the medical technology and life sciences
industries and brings together for them ideal strategic and investment
partners.

Unite For Sight Student International Intern Speakers

Alison Polk-Williams,
Unite For Sight's Cataract Surgery Program in Humjibre, Ghana
Alison Polk-Williams lived and worked in Ghana between August 2003 and
August 2004, where she was the Ghana Health and Education Initiative‚s
co-Project Coordinator and Financial Officer in Ghana. She developed GHEI's
English enrichment program for middle school students, supervised
construction of GHEI's Community Center, and volunteered in a nearby
private hospital. She also coordinated the first Unite For Sight cataract
surgery program during June 2004 in conjunction with the Ghana Health and
Education Initiative (GHEI).

Prior to her year in Ghana, Alison graduated from University of
Pennsylvania with a degree in Health and Societies with a concentration in
Health in Africa. She has done development work in the Dominican Republic
and Tanzania doing construction and working in a secondary school. She also
studied at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania during Summer 2002.

Since her return to the United States in August, Alison has assumed the
position as Vice President for External Affairs with the Ghana Health and
Education Initiative. She will continue to develop and coordinate future
GHEI/Unite for Sight Volunteer Programs in Humjibre, an important effort
aimed at preventing eye disease and restoring eyesight. She plans to attend
medical school in the future.

Sachin Jain,
Unite For Sight's Program in Nyamuswa and Mwanza, Tanzania
Sachin Jain is a second-year medical student at Rush Medical College in
Chicago, IL. Some of his interests include advocacy for underserved
populations, universal health coverage, and international public health. He
traveled to rural Tanzania as a Unite For Sight intern in the summer of
2004 to implement several eye care initiatives, such as establishing a
cataract surgery program, an eye clinic, and eye health education in local
schools. He has also been honored with an Albert Schweitzer Fellowship for
the 2004-05 academic year. His fellowship focuses on delivering eye care
services, and diabetes and asthma education to a homeless community in
Chicago. Sachin is also the Unite For Sight Regional Director for the
Midwest and national co-coordinator for the American Medical Student
Association's Direct Action Interest Group.

"My experience in Tanzania this summer was life-changing. By screening
people for cataracts, distributing eyeglasses, relieving the cost of
medications, and teaching eye health in schools, I gave hope to the village
of Nyamuswa. Where advanced, high-tech care was but a dream, I showed that
ophthalmic care, and health care in general, can be a reality for them,
despite the poverty and lack of access to services. I can't imagine doing
anything more worthwhile with my summer."

Sally Ong,
Unite For Sight's Program in Tanzania
Sally is a sophomore undergraduate student at Duke University. She is from
Johor, Malaysia and is considering a double major in Biology and Political
Science. Sally is involved with service-learning initiatives, including
participating in a course entitled "Humanitarian Challenges at Home and
Abroad FOCUS program" and teaching a course entitled "Service Learning:
Expanding Your Duke Education beyond the Classroom."

Sally is the co-Vice President of Duke's chapter of Unite For Sight. As a
Unite For Sight Student Intern in Tanzania during Summer 2004, she
prescribed eyeglasses, participated in cataract eye surgery camps, and
implemented eye health education programs in schools throughout the country.

"It was a wonderful experience working in Tanzania. The need for eyeglasses
and other eye services is real and urgent. You sense it from the questions
people ask, the requests they make and the stories they tell. Average wage
is Tsh 48,000 (USD 43) while a pair of eyeglasses costs Tsh 30,000 (USD
27). People cannot afford eyeglasses. Every Tanzanian I met has been very
receptive to our programs. From the policy makers to the villagers,
everyone supports our work, appreciates our efforts and invites us back to
Tanzania. Sensing a need in the community is one thing, being supported and
respected by the people made the internship very much more fulfilling."

Register at http://www.uniteforsight.org/2004_symposium.shtml
Contact Jennifer.Staple@... with any questions.

Jazz For Peace Festival Concert Benefiting Unite For Sight at 5:30 PM

On Saturday, October 2nd, a Jazz For Peace Concert featuring Rick
DellaRatta will benefit Unite For Sight, a 501(c)3 nonprofit global
humanitarian organization that works globally to develop sustainable
solutions to improve eye health outcomes.  The proceeds of the concert will
fund sight-restoring cataract surgeries coordinated by Unite For Sight in
African countries.  The benefit will be held at Penang - 24 Columbus
Avenue, New York, NY - at 5:30 pm. Tickets are $25 plus a one drink
minimum. For details, please go
to  <http://www.jazzforpeace.org>www.jazzforpeace.org.


Unite For Sight has been recognized by USA Today, Glamour Magazine, Nokia
and International Youth Foundation’s YouthActionNet, and WK Kellogg
Foundation. With seventy-five chapters established at universities and
medical schools, Unite For Sight has an international network of 2,000
students and volunteers who build healthier communities through disease
prevention, eye health promotion, and health education.  Each chapter works
with local community infrastructures to improve access to health programs,
and the primary objective is to prevent blindness.

Jazz For Peace? and Rick DellaRatta has been featured on the cover of
UPWARD, the feature article insert of  BIG NEWS, which is distributed
widely in the streets and subways of New York City as well as Albany,
NY.  Rick DellaRatta was invited to lead a band for an international
audience that consisted of Israeli, Middle Eastern, European, Asian &
American' Jazz musicians.  Rick named this band "Jazz For Peace?"

Jazz for Peace's mission is to help advance people to their highest
potential through the understanding of Jazz as well as spreading peace
through our "Jazz For Peace? Concerts" worldwide - joining forces (or
performing) with multi-cultural musicians to spread peace through the art
form of Jazz and entering regions that are politically controversial. By
the means of live concerts, video taping, on hands/on-line teaching as well
as supplying musical instruments to underprivileged children in under
developed areas worldwide, Jazz for Peace will re-enforce what past history
has proven - that the art form of Jazz has the ability to create a positive
effect that unites people and may eventually start to transform the
barriers and issues of different cultures and beliefs.  For more
information please visit <http://www.jazzforpeace.org/>www.jazzforpeace.org

Recent Quotes:
"Rick DellaRatta is one of the finest Jazz pianists alive."
                 --Savannah Times
"It is actually the quality of DellaRatta's voice that grows on me more &
more with repeated listenings. At first I felt that Rick's strengths as a
pianist were foremost, but with time I have come to understand that
Dellaratta's skill as a vocalist is not to be underestimated. "His voice
has quite a haunting quality to it, being slightly androgenous in tone,
sometimes ghostly.... sometimes sexy. "
                  --Jen Karpin, Green Mtn Jazz Messenger

".....sure it will be a good show."
                 --New York Times Jazz Forum

Register at http://www.uniteforsight.org/2004_symposium.shtml
Contact Jennifer.Staple@... with any questions.


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