Global Blindness: Planning and Managing Eye Care Services

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Global Blindness: Planning and Managing Eye Care Services
  1. What is the course about?
  2. Prerequisites & Facts
  3. Cost, Certificate & Degree
  4. Reviews & Experiences

What is the course about?

Global Blindness: Planning and Managing Eye Care Services
The course Global Blindness: Planning and Managing Eye Care Services is an online class provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Understand global blindness and how to plan effective eye care with this online course for health professionals.

Course description
  • Find out how to plan and manage eye care, to avoid blindness
  • 6 weeks
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Describe the magnitude and causes of blindness and visual impairment, both globally and locally.
  • Evaluate the key public health control strategies to strengthen service provision for cataract and refractive error in your local setting.
  • Apply the essentials of the planning process for implementation in your setting.
  • Assess the relevance of the Vision 2020: the right to sight initiative and the applicability of Global action plan 2014-2019 to your local setting.
  • Interpret the relevance of monitoring and evaluation for effective management of an eye care service.
  • This course is intended for all health care providers, health managers, NGO staff with an interest and some experience of, eye care health services. The course will especially benefit:
  • 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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Prerequisites & Facts

Global Blindness: Planning and Managing Eye Care Services

Course Topic

Personal Development, Personal Transformation

University, College, Institution

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Course Skill Level

see course summary

Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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Degree & Cost

Global Blindness: Planning and Managing Eye Care Services

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.
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School: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Topic: Healthcare & Medicine

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