Dr. Van Charles Lansingh, chief medical officer for Latin America at HelpMeSee — a global campaign to end cataract blindness — has recently been awarded the Benjamin F. Boyd Humanitarian Award for 2017 by the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (PAAO).
The Benjamin F. Boyd Humanitarian Award is reportedly given every two years, and recognizes PAAO members or significant individuals who participate in charitable activities, indigent care, community service and humanitarian activities through a program of public service.
Lansingh is reportedly being honored for dedicating his life to community service, prevention of blindness programs, and other humanitarian activities. From 2004 to 2015 he served the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) as regional coordinator for Latin America, and in 2016 he became the director for advocacy at the International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO). And starting in 2015, Lansingh joined HelpMeSee’s campaign to eliminate cataract blindness as their Chief Medical Officer for Latin America
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