This report is based on the CSC data from 27 countries. This data demonstrates the inequities in cataract surgery in different countries, influence of country’s wealth and government health expenditure on surgeries, cataract services by gender and quality of cataract surgery.
Source: iapb.org
This 5-page report lists out the current challenges that we are facing today when it comes to resolving cataracts globally.
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Source: who.int
The report by Lancet Commission is focused on maximizing vision, ocular health, and functional ability and thereby contributing towards overall health and well-being.
Source: The Lancet: Global Health Commission
This page is a detailed study on how gender and ethnic differences affect ophthalmology leadership globally. This cross-sectional study assesses the diversity within leadership bodies of member organisations of the International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) and the World Council of Optometry (WCO) in terms of the proportion who are women in all world regions and the proportion who are ethnic minority women and men in Eurocentric high-income regions.
Source : The journal of the college of optometrists
This first two-yearly report presents the progress achieved from 2018 to 2020 on the CHOGM commitments to action towards achieving access to quality eye care for all, including the elimination of trachoma, as an input to the next Commonwealth Health Ministers’ Meeting and CHOGM.
It makes recommendations for future action by the Commonwealth towards its goal of access to quality eye care for all: for its own citizens, and, through its continuing leadership, globally.
Its key recommendation is that the Commonwealth make a commitment to school eye health to unlock the potential of every child.
source : visionforthecommonwealth.com
The purpose of these competencies is to improve the quality and relevance of the care provided by the professional eye care health workforce. The allocation of specific competencies to a specific cadre of eye health personnel is the remit of training institutions and regulatory bodies. The document outlines a comprehensive set of core (minimum) competencies for the eye health workforce as a step towards the development of competency-based training. The framework is divided into 10 domains comprising 4 clinical and 6 non-clinical domains. Each competence is further broken down into associated relevant knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours.
The primary beneficiaries of these competencies are Ophthalmologists; Optometrists; Allied ophthalmic personnel (AOP). The competencies framework can be used as a guide for self-directed learning, as an advocacy tool, and for assessments. There will also be a broad range of users of the competencies including Educational institutions; Learners of eye health; Professional associations; Licensing and regulatory bodies and; Policymakers, e.g., ministries for health and education.
Source: WHO.int
