| The Successes and Challenges of Creating Sustainable National Access to Tailor-made Eye-glasses in Uganda.
Wolfgang Gindorfer, Light For The World, Uganda.
w.gindorfer@light-for-the-world.org
Under the auspices of the Ministry of Health of Uganda LIGHT FOR THE WORLD and BRIEN HOLDEN VISION INSTITUTE FOUNDATION are jointly implementing the programme on National Intervention on Uncorrected refractive errors in Uganda. This programme is at the same time a pilot for the International Council of Ophthalmology to establish accessible and affordable high quality refractive and optical services for people with uncorrected refractive errors. It will further address piloted district programme development with emphasis on school eye health, obstacles experienced in the field with trained cadres and the role and responsibilities of the Ministry of Health under which umbrella-ship this programme is being implemented.
Integration of Primary Eye Care into Primary Health Care in Southern Africa: Experiences from Malawi, Mozambique And Zimbabwe.
Dr. D. Lackey, HelpAge, Kenya.
douglas.lackey@helpage.org]
This Panel intends to discuss the four areas of Primary Eye Care, namely, Key components of human resources development, service delivery and community mobilization, Training and support of mid-level health workers, Essential medicines and equipment, health information system, stakeholder coordination, technical support and supervision, and, Role of community and traditional leaders, and, traditional health practitioners in raising awareness and addressing myths and misconceptions on eye conditions and the mechanisms for community mobilization.
Training Program On Web Accessibility – I (Majestic Hall)
DAISY Consortium/UNESCO.
d.manocha@daisy.org
Target audience for this training are people engaged in developing websites and software applications to orient them to the web accessibility barriers and the best practices for making information available to all. This training will cover the following topics: common web accessibility barriers: testing for web accessibility: web accessibility guidelines; examples of good accessible websites; and code snippets for retrofitting inaccessible websites. Participants will be expected to bring their computers with them.
Providing Services In Humanitarian Situations (Emerald Hall)
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