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Diploma Course in Community Eye Health

This three month course is aimed at people who want to know more about the major blinding eye diseases and the VISION 2020 initiative. It is especially suitable for eye care professionals, ophthalmologists, optometrists, ophthalmic assistants and nurses, and project managers who want to receive training in Community Eye Health, but cannot be away from their place of work for one year. The taught element of this course will also be attended by the MSc students in Community Eye Health.

Content

This three month course is divided into three sections.

• The first five weeks will focus on the control of blinding eye diseases and will provide a detailed overview of the main blinding eye diseases and how best to treat or prevent them. This will cover childhood eye diseases, ocular infections and non-communicable adult eye diseases.
• Weeks 6 to10 are spent researching and writing up a project proposal. The aim is to provide students with the opportunity to relate the contents of the course to their own working situation or field of interest, by developing a chosen idea or area of interest into a practical plan.
• The last five weeks of the course are about how to plan a VISION 2020 project. This part consists of a teaching unit on how to plan and implement a VISION 2020 project and one on resources and technology for VISION 2020. These teaching units will enable students to assess, plan and develop, the human, financial and technical resources with particular emphasis on a VISION 2020 project.

Participants will be required to complete an assessment and a Certificate of Attendance will be issued after completion of the course.

I thank London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine for cooperation.