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Eastern India Comprehensive Child Eye health Initiative

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Published on IATI
  • date_range Jan 01, 2011 - Dec 31, 2014
  • autorenew Finalisation (Status)

The goal of the project is to “Increase quality of life by eradicating avoidable blindness among low vision people in the eastern region of India”. The objectives of the project are: • Active health workforce in place providing low vision services in three states of the eastern region during and after the project period 2013. • Network partners effectively functioning to provide low vision services in the eastern region of India during and after the project duration. • Effective supply management system is in place which provides supports to the network partners. The project activities include training of ophthalmologist, optometrist in the field of low vision, training & orientation to school teachers, local health workers, community level volunteers, setting up 6 low vision centres across three states, strengthening the low vision centre of VMA, eye surgeries of identified children, dispensing low vision devices to the low vision children, working with state education departments for integrating low vision services in school health programmes, developing training modules/ IEC materials on low vision, developing model low vision resource centre, simulation park for visually impaired children, undertaking research in the field of low vision and developing a network of low vision partners in Eastern India.

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Sectors:
  • Basic health care

Participating Organisations

Vivekananda Mission Ashram (VMA) Regional NGO Implementing

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Budget

102,608 USD
  • 35,575 GBP (Valued at Jan 01, 2012)
    date_range Jan 01, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012
  • 29,183 GBP (Valued at Jan 01, 2013)
    date_range Jan 01, 2013 - Dec 31, 2013
access_time Updated on Jan 03, 2018 09:08:34