Raúl De Sousa

Raúl Sousa’s expertise is vision science, optometry, optics, public eye health, and eyecare policies definition and provision. He is qualified in pre-Bologna BSc, four years one semester, in Applied Physics-Optics with a speciality in Optometry and an MSc in Advanced Optometry. He has been practising clinical optometry for more than 27 years, advocate for universal eyecare, science educator and researcher. Mr Sousa is currently a consultant in eye care and vision products for UNICEF, and a member of the expert panel in medical devices in ophthalmology of the European Medicines Agency, previously the European Commission. He is an expert in health technologies in ophthalmology in the International and National Standards Organization, and a member of the Collaborators Network of the Global Burden Disease, IHME. He co-authored peer-reviewed articles, books, positions and public contributions on eye care access and provision, epidemiology, public eye health, optometric regulation, and professional practice.