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La Cécité dans le Monde: Planifier et Gérer les Services de Soins Oculaires

Informez-vous sur la cécité dans le monde et apprenez à organiser des soins oculaires efficaces grâce à ce cours en ligne.

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La Cécité dans le Monde: Planifier et Gérer les Services de Soins Oculaires

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Apprenez comment planifier et gérer des soins oculaires pour prévenir la cécité

On estime à 285 millions le nombre de personnes aveugles ou présentant une déficience visuelle dans le monde ; 75 % de ces cas pourraient être évités et 90 % des personnes touchées vivent dans des pays à revenu intermédiaire ou faible. Ce cours en ligne propose des informations clés sur les méthodes de prévention de la cécité et sur les initiatives mondiales dans ce domaine.

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Skip to 0 minutes and 9 seconds My name’s Allen Foster. And I’m the co-director of the International Centre of Eye Health, which is at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. ICEH was started about 35 years ago. And it’s involved in doing research and education in order to prevent visual loss and blindness around the world. There are 285 million visually impaired people in the world, of which an estimated 39 million are blind. And the major causes for the visual impairment and blindness are two diseases– cataract and refractive errors. Most of the blindness in the world is in low-income and poor communities. And so the challenge is to get the services for cataract, which is very treatable, and also for refractive error– spectacles– to these communities.

Skip to 0 minutes and 56 seconds And if we can do that, then we can prevent and treat most of the visual impairment and blindness in the world, and we can give people the opportunity to look after their families, to work, and also to have the quality of life that we all need, for which vision is essential. [Dr Daksha Patel] At present, we have the ability to treat and even prevent over two thirds of global vision impairment. We even have established treatments, like cataract surgery and spectacle correction. However, the challenge in many low- and middle-income countries is we need to align very few eye health specialists with limited infrastructure to deliver on efficient and effective eye care services.

Skip to 1 minute and 46 seconds In this course, we will examine the existing services and, through a logical process, begin to consider the steps that are required to plan and implement quality services within local health systems. We will discuss with experts practical, tried and tested methods that are in use at present but also begin to consider the role of innovation to strengthen health provision. This course is suitable for you if you are a health provider, an eye health specialist, a public health advisor, or an NGO or charity working in low- and middle-income countries. [Professor Allen Foster] If we continue in this way, then the number of blind and visually impaired will increase.

Skip to 2 minutes and 32 seconds And this will be particularly true in the poorer areas of the world, like Africa and Asia. But the point is that actually, cataract and refractive error is treatable, and therefore if we can get services to these populations, then we can reduce the number of blind people in the world.

What topics will you cover?

Quels sont les sujets abordés ?

  • Les données épidémiologiques sur les causes et la prévalence de la cécité et des déficiences visuelles
  • L’initiative VISION 2020 : le droit à la vue
  • Le plan d’action mondial 2014-2019
  • Les stratégies de santé publique clés pour la cataracte et les vices de réfraction
  • Le renforcement des systèmes de santé
  • Les aspects fondamentaux du processus de planification dans le cadre de programmes de soins oculaires
  • Les principes de suivi et d’évaluation

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On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Décrire l’ampleur et les causes de la cécité et des déficiences visuelles au niveau mondial et local.
  • Évaluer les principales stratégies de contrôle de la santé publique pour renforcer la prestation de services de lutte contre la cataracte et les vices de réfraction dans votre contexte local.
  • Appliquer les principes fondamentaux du processus de planification dans votre contexte local.
  • Juger de la pertinence de l’initiative Vision 2020 : le droit à la vue et de l’applicabilité du plan d’action mondial 2014-2019 dans votre contexte local
  • Comprendre l’importance du suivi et de l’évaluation pour une gestion efficace d’un service de soins oculaires.

Who is the course for?

Ce cours est destiné aux prestataires et gestionnaires de services de santé ainsi qu’aux membres d’ONG intéressés par les services de soins oculaires et bénéficiant d’une expérience dans ce domaine. Ce cours est notamment intéressant pour :

  • Les professionnels de santé qui dirigent ou gèrent la prestation de services au sein d’un service ou d’une équipe d’ophtalmologie
  • Les cliniciens prestataires de services de soins oculaires dans des zones isolées
  • Les prestataires de soins qui s’intéressent aux approches de santé publique
  • Les professionnels de santé et responsables manifestant un intérêt pour la prestation de services de soins oculaires avec des ressources limitées
  • Les membres d’ONG impliqués dans la création de projets de soins oculaires dans les pays à revenu intermédiaire et faible
  • Les organisations caritatives et les philanthropes œuvrant pour le développement des services de soins oculaires
  • Les internes en ophtalmologie et les infirmiers en formation et intéressés par les services de santé dans les pays à revenu intermédiaire et faible
  • Les formateurs des établissements d’enseignement supérieur souhaitant développer la formation aux approches de santé publique appliquées aux soins oculaires dans leur contexte local.

Who will you learn with?

Associate Professor in International Eye Health. Ophthalmologist and Educator, focusing on research and education to eliminate avoidable blindness. Academic lead for the Open education for Eye Health

Who developed the course?

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is a world leader in research and postgraduate education in public and global health. Its mission is to improve health and health equity worldwide.

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