Experts share eye health knowledge to help save sight for poor in The Gambia

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 The Gambia – to help them prevent and treat blindness in poor communities.

With support from Seeing is Believing, The Sheikh Zayed Regional Eye Care Centre/ the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital, Banjul, and Swansea ABM University Hospital are working together to enhance the skills and training of ophthalmologists and other eye health care professionals in the 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.

It is part of our wider partnership project, also operating in Zambia and Botswana. 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.

Here in The Gambia, the project will work to:

  • Develop eye care services for children
  • Expand the glaucoma service by improving efficiency
  • Train staff in equipment maintenance and prevention of equipment failure
  • Establish clinical audits and improve quality assurance.
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“This capacity-building enables the provision of high quality eye care to needy communities.”
Seeing is Believing, 2009
PERIOD
2009 to 2010
BUDGET
US$ 100,000 (3 countries)
PARTNER
The Sheikh Zayed Regional Eye Care Centre (SZRECC) / the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital, Banjul, and Swansea ABM University Hospital