FIMA Year Book 2010-2011 - Federation of Islamic Medical ...
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SAVE VISION<br />
• Training workshops/seminars for eye-care<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essional: More than 15 in and outside<br />
Pakistan, and more than 300 eye care<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essionals trained.<br />
• Community eye care centers in different<br />
areas <strong>of</strong> Pakistan have been initiated.<br />
• Eye awareness programs have been<br />
conducted in several areas <strong>of</strong> Pakistan.<br />
This public educational activity has been<br />
expanded by establishing a POB websites<br />
(www.pobtrust.org) which is being<br />
updated regularly.<br />
• A future plan: Establishment <strong>of</strong> a tertiary<br />
eye care institute in Lahore-Pakistan.<br />
Other Program Outcomes:<br />
• Establishment <strong>of</strong> Eye-Care Centers: This<br />
activity has been addressed by two<br />
manuscripts in this issue <strong>of</strong> <strong>Year</strong> <strong>Book</strong>.<br />
• Training-capacity Building: In almost all<br />
eye camps, <strong>FIMA</strong> teams adopted programs<br />
<strong>of</strong> practical training <strong>of</strong> local<br />
ophthalmologists, nurses and other<br />
paramedical pr<strong>of</strong>essionals, to improve<br />
sustainability <strong>of</strong> eye care by qualified local<br />
hands. Training has been also conducted in<br />
Pakistani and Jordanian ophthalmology<br />
centers.<br />
• Training workshops in Gusan and Katsina-<br />
Nigeria, June 14-15,2008, conducted<br />
separately by senior Pakistani<br />
ophthalmologists, one for 12 local eyedoctors<br />
and the second for 40 nursesparamedics.<br />
• Training workshop in Lagos-Nigeria, June<br />
22-24 2008, conducted separately for 13<br />
Nigerian eye doctors, and for 35 Nigerian<br />
paramedics.<br />
• Training workshop in Maiduguri-Nigeria,<br />
January 4-9,2009: for 25 local eye doctors.<br />
The program included a special session on<br />
“small Incision Cataract Surgery-SICS”. A<br />
parallel training session was also<br />
conducted for 10 ophthalmic nurses and<br />
OR technicians. Trainers were senior<br />
ophthalmologists and OT from Pakistan.<br />
• Keratoplasty surgery (Corneal<br />
transplantation), in Khartoum-Sudan,<br />
January-February 2009. 25 corneas were<br />
imported from Sri Lanka, through a MOU.<br />
Trainers were Senior ophthalmologists<br />
from Pakistan.<br />
<strong>FIMA</strong> SAVE VISION- Specialized training<br />
courses:<br />
• Advanced capacity building for eye<br />
surgeons from several countries in special<br />
training centers in Pakistan.<br />
• Oculoplastic Workshop, in Khartoum-<br />
Sudan, August 2006. In collaboration with<br />
Ministry <strong>of</strong> Health (MOH)-Sudan.<br />
Conducted by Pr<strong>of</strong>. Imran Sahaf, Head <strong>of</strong><br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Ophthalmology-Lahore<br />
General Hospital- Postgraduate <strong>Medical</strong><br />
Institute.<br />
The workshop included presentations, interactive<br />
sessions, hands-on training for 52 Sudanese eye<br />
surgeons.<br />
Eye surgeons trainees from Palestine, Sudan and Jordan in<br />
Pakistan, 2006<br />
<strong>FIMA</strong> <strong>Year</strong><strong>Book</strong> <strong>2010</strong>-<strong>2011</strong><br />
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