Global Blindness: Planning and Managing Eye Care Services

Understand global blindness and how to plan and manage effective eye care. Join this online course from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

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6 weeks

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4 hours

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Find out how to plan and manage eye care, to avoid blindness

Around the world, 285 million people are blind or visually impaired. 75% of this is avoidable and 90% is in low- and middle-income countries. In this online course we highlight the key facts about avoidable blindness and global initiatives to address it.

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Content on this course is also provided in Chinese, Spanish and Portuguese:

A separate French course is available: La Cécité dans le Monde: Planifier et Gérer les Services de Soins Oculaires

What topics will you cover?

  • 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

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