Addressing avoidable vision impairment in Mozambique and the Africa region

Stephen Thompson; Kovin Naidoo; Joel Bambamba; Vanessa Moodley; Diane van Staden; Amanda Forde; Kajal Shah; Luigi Bilotto; James Loughman

doi:10.1080/09614524.2018.1521786

Addressing avoidable vision impairment in Mozambique and the Africa region

Stephen Thompson, Kovin Naidoo, Joel Bambamba, Vanessa Moodley, Diane van Staden, Amanda Forde, Kajal Shah, Luigi Bilotto, James Loughman

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The Mozambique Eyecare Project was an international partnership to implement and research eye health education in Mozambique and the Africa region. An optometry degree was developed at Universidade Lúrio, Mozambique. In addition, existing eye health workers were upskilled with training. Researchers from various disciplines evaluated the project and its potential for impact on eye health in the region. The body of evidence generated from the research provides useful lessons for development programmes in general, as well as specific lessons for delivering eye health education and service delivery models for low-income settings.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	263-269
Number of pages	7
Journal	Development in Practice
Volume	29
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2018.1521786
Publication status	Published - 17 Feb 2019

Keywords

Aid–Capacity development
Civil society–Partnership
Economics
Gender and diversity–Disability
Labour and livelihoods–Poverty reduction
Social sector–Education, Health
Sub-Saharan Africa

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