Addressing Avoidable Vision Impairment in Mozambique and the Africa Region

Authors

Stephen Thompson, Technological University Dublin, Ireland
Kovin Naidoo, African Vision Research Institute
Joel Bambamba, Universidade Lúrio Faculdade de Ciências de Saúde: Nampula, Nampula, Mozambique
Vanessa R. Moodley, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
Diane Van Staden, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
Amanda Forde, University College Cork, Ireland
Kajal Shah, Technological University Dublin, IrelandFollow
Luigi Bilotto, International Council of Opthalmology, Canada
James Loughman, Technological University DublinFollow

Document Type

Article

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

Ophthalmology, Health policy and services, 5.4 SOCIOLOGY, Social topics, Social issues

Publication Details

DEVELOPMENT IN PRACTICE

https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2018.1521786

Abstract

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 lowincome settings.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2018.1521786

Recommended Citation

Thompson, S., Naidoo, K. & Bambamba, J. (2018). Addressing Avoidable Vision Impairment in Mozambique and the Africa Region. Development in Practice, https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2018.1521786 doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2018.1521786