Experts share eye health knowledge to help save sight for poor in Botswana
Skilled eye care is in short supply in the world's poorest communities.
About the project
Eye health care experts in the UK are sharing key knowledge and skills with colleagues in Botswana – to help them prevent and treat blindness in poor communities.
With support from Seeing is Believing, Princess Marina Hospital, Gaborone and Addenbrookes Cambridge are working together to enhance the skills and training of ophthalmologists and other eye health care professionals in the country.
It is part of our wider partnership project, also operating in Zambia and The Gambia. The work supports the VISION 2020 Links Programme, established by the International Centre for Eye Health, in 2004, and implementation of the National Prevention of Blindness Plan in each country.
The partnerships provide long-term training and support. Work includes specialist training visits, curriculum development and examination, mentoring and developing areas of collaborative research.
Here in Botswana, the aim is to establish a long-term diabetic retinopathy screening programme, as source data for preventative laser treatment.
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“This capacity-building enables the provision of high quality eye care to needy communities, and training of other eye care workers in-country.”Seeing is Believing, 2009
- PERIOD:
- 2009 - 2010
- BUDGET:
- US$ 100,000
- PARTNER:
- Princess Marina Hospital, Gaborone and Addenbrookes Cambridge