Course: Global Blindness: Planning and Managing Eye Care Services

This article is adapted from: The National Eye Health Coordinator Manual. International Agency for Prevention of Blindness, 2011. National vs district level in VISION 2020 It is important to make …

Situation analysis is a collection of methods that helps planners and managers understand an organisation’s performance and internal and external factors affecting it. It helps us to understand where we …

Here we discuss why change in health care does need to be planned and introduce the basic principles behind planning for eye care programmes. As you watch the video, think …

In this video, Professor Clare Gilbert, co-director of the International Centre for Eye Health, discusses the importance of school vision testing as part of the wider school health programme. What …

In this step Dr G.V.S. Murthy, Director of the Public Health Foundation of India, gives a brief overview of the development, successes, and challenges of India’s ambitious national programme for …

This article is adapted from: Murthy, G.V.S. Vision testing for refractive errors in school ‘screening’ programmes. Comm Eye Health Vol. 13 No. 33 2000 pp 03 – 05. Detection of …

Uncorrected refractive error is a major cause of visual impairment in the world after cataract. Estimates from 2004 indicate that over 8 million people are blind and over 145 million …

Human resources in optometry is a key challenge in many countries within Africa. This is both in terms of numbers and distribution. As you watch the video interview between Priya …

No matter where a service is being delivered, basic human resources, infrastructure, and equipment must be in place. Individuals tasked with delivering a comprehensive eye health service must also be …

How do we approach the management of presbyopia? In this step we define presbyopia and describe its epidemiology before going on to explore considerations for presbyopia service delivery at the …

Cataract surgery is one of the most cost effective medical interventions. It takes a short time to do and has a high impact on patients’ quality of life. However, services …

In this step, Dr Thulasiraj Ravilla, Executive Director of Lions Aravind Eye Institute of Community Ophthalmology introduces the Aravind Eye Care System approach to providing large volume, high quality, and …

Increasing the number of cataract surgeries should not be achieved at the expense of surgical quality. The success of this sight-restoring intervention is central to acceptance and sustaining service provision. …

In this step Professor Caleb Mypet discusses how to create demand and deliver high output and high quality cataract services in challenging circumstances. Cataract services are not readily available in …