Global Blindness: Planning and Managing Eye Care Services

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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Global Blindness: Planning and Managing Eye Care Services

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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

Healthcare & Medicine

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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