Building from the bottom-up: primary eye care and the global action plan
Convenors: Renee Du Toit and Ronnie Graham
Description:
The WHO Global Action Plan 2014-2019 to achieve Universal Eye Health (WHO 2013) makes several references to the importance of Primary Eye Care in achieving Objective 2: ‘National Eye Health policies, plans and programmes for enhancing universal eye health developed and/or strengthened and implemented in line with WHO’s framework for action for strengthening health systems in order to improve health outcomes’.
More specifically, Action 2.1 encourages us to ‘secure the inclusion of PEC into PHC’. WHO will provide member states with tools and technical advice on PEC while international partners will support national leadership in identifying the financial and technical resources required for implementing the polices and plans and inclusion of PEC in PHC. Similarly, Action 2.2 encourages us all to ensure funding for comprehensive, integrated health care: Action 2.3 urges us to undertake the planning of human resources as part of the wider HRH planning while Action 2.4 urges the development of stronger referral mechanisms. In other words, WHO regards Primary Eye Care as central to the delivery of the Global Action Plan and this course will outline how the different IAPB regions are approaching this challenge.
Objectives:
- To illustrate how different IAPB regions are approaching the challenge of integrating PEC into PHC
- To identify context-specific learning and technical resources
- To build commitment to implementing context-specific, best practice, PEC across the world
| Elena Schmidt | The burden of ocular morbidity at the primary level |
| Wanjiku Mathenge (TBC) | Introducing new PEC algorithms in Africa |
| Haroon Awan | EMR Primary eye care learning resource |
| Haroon Awan | PEC in Pakistan |
| Juan Carlos Silva | Varieties of PEC in Latin America |
| Andrew Bastawrous | PEEK and PEC |
| Massimo Presente | Building PEC in the national health system of Rwanda |
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