Global Blindness
Planning and Managing Eye Care Services
Dr Daksha Patel,
Dr Daksha Patel ( Lead Educator),
ABDULLAHI IDRIS,
Romulo Fabunan,
Karen Sparrow,
Christine Cé,
Jelena Djordjevic,
Josie Gallo,
Sucheta Kulkarni,
Claire Studley Scott (MENTOR),
Dr. Priya Morjaria (Lead Educator),
Jason Penniecook,
Dr Himal Kandel (Mentor),
Baixiang Xiao (Mentor),
and
Min Wu
Dr Daksha Patel,
Dr Daksha Patel ( Lead Educator),
ABDULLAHI IDRIS,
Romulo Fabunan,
Karen Sparrow,
Christine Cé,
Jelena Djordjevic,
Josie Gallo,
Sucheta Kulkarni,
Claire Studley Scott (MENTOR),
Dr. Priya Morjaria (Lead Educator),
Jason Penniecook,
Dr Himal Kandel (Mentor),
Baixiang Xiao (Mentor),
and
Min Wu
Topics Covered
- Epidemiological data on the causes and prevalence of blindness and visual impairment
- VISION 2020: The Right to Sight
- The Global Action Plan 2014-2019
- Key public health strategies for cataract and refractive error
- Health systems strengthening
- The essentials of the planning process for eye care programmes
- The principles of monitoring and evaluation
- Eye health providers who lead or manage the service provision of an eye unit or eye care team
- All clinical eye care providers who work in isolated and remote settings
- Eye care providers with an interest in public health approaches
- Any health providers and managers with an interest in resource limited eye care services
- Non-governmental staff involved in developing eye care projects in low- and middle-income countries
- Charity organisations and philanthropists involved in supporting eye care service provision
- Ophthalmic residents and nurses in training programmes with an interest in low- and middle-income health services
- Trainers in academic institutions with an interest in developing training in public health approaches for eye care service provision for their local setting.
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