World Health Organization : Year 1998 ; World Health Organization, Prevention of Blindness, No. 98.68: Informal Consultation on Analysis of Blindness Prevention Outcomes

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Title:	World Health Organization : Year 1998 ; World Health Organization, Prevention of Blindness, No. 98.68: Informal Consultation on Analysis of Blindness Prevention Outcomes
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
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INTRODUCTION The meeting was opened by Dr B. Thylefors, Director of the Programme for the Prevention of Blindness and Deafness. He informed the participants that 1998 marked the twentieth year of the Programme (Prevention of Blindness), and it was therefore particularly appropriate to look back at the achievements and constraints that have been experienced, with a view to recommending how the programme should proceed in the future, particularly in respect to monitoring and evaluating the outcome of prevention of blindness programmes in Member States. Dr car1 Kupfer was elected Chairperson, Professor Gordon Johnson, Vicechairperson, and Mr R. Thulasiraj and Dr Allen Foster, Rapporteurs. The draft agenda was adopted with no modification (see Annex I); the list of participants is given in Annex 11.

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CONTENTS Page 1. REVIEWO F AVAILABLE RESULTS FROM NATIONAL BLINDNESS PREVENTION PROGRAMMES . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1.2 Nepal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1.3 Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.4 VietNam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 1.5 Thailand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 1.6 India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 1.7 TheGambia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 1.8 WestAfrica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1.9 Morocco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1.10 Tunisia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 2.1 Coverage of national programmes and reduction achieved of blindness . . . . . . . . . . 9 2.2 Access to eye care services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.3 Affordable eye care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.4 Eye care technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.1 Safety and efficacy and quality of services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.2 Quality of life and patient satisfaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.3 Uptake of surgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1 4.1 Cataract . a public health issue requiring political and professional commitment . . 12 4.2 Making eye care accessible; how to reach those most in need? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4.3 Affordability . cost versus price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4.4 Cataract surgery . offering a desirable product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 5.1 Surgical technique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 4 5.2 Cost-recovery and financial sustainability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 4 5.3 Barriers to delivering eye care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.4 5.4 Planning and management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.5 ANNEX1 11. GUIDELINETSO MONITOR THE OUTCOME OF CATARACT SURGERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23