Programmes

Working closely with local authorities, the OPC is developing public health programmes for the prevention of blinding diseases.

Internationally : The introduction of comprehensive eye health care integrated into local networks, reaching the most isolated populations. Read more

 Training local health professionals :

• Ophthalmologists
• Nurses specialising in ophthalmology
• Further education of ophthalmologists
• Villager volunteer health workers (primary eye care)
• Spectacle technicians
   Refractive error screening
   Creation of optical workshops
   Mobile Ocular Surgery Unit (4x4 vehicles)
   Ocular health equipment centres
   Implementation of management systems aiming to sustain programmes.

In France : The advancement of telemedicine via the implementation of a diabetic retinopathy screening network and the management of Low Vision.