Table of Contents - WOC 2012

FP-EPI-MO 384 (9)
Eye Care Programme in a Poor Resource Setting: The First Five (5)
Years of the Sokoto State Eye Care Programme.
Maishanu Nuhu (1) , Muhammad Nasiru (1) , Muhammad Adamu (1) , Abiose A (1)
1. Sight Savers International
Introduction: The challenges of reaching the targets of the Vision 2020 (the
right to sight) programme are many in developing countries where the human
resources are scarce and the infrastructural support and primary health care
services are weak. The Sokoto State Eye Care Programme is a collaboration
between the Sokoto State Government in north-western Nigeria and the
Sightsavers (a British non-governmental development organization). The first
phase was implemented between 2005 and 2009. This paper intends to report
the impact of the first five (5) years of the Sokoto State Eye Care Programme
on human resources, infrastructure and equipment availability and service
delivery in Sokoto state, Nigeria.
Discussion: The programme has made an impact on key performance
indicators but there were issues and challenges that need to be improved or
strengthened. Appropriate recommendations were made on some strategies
that could be useful in overcoming challenges in the second phase of the
programme to improve both the quality and quantity of services.
FP-EPI-MO 384 (10)
Cost Recovery as a Part of Health Financing in the Nigerian Kwara
Eye Care Programme
Ezekiel Afolabi (1) , Ayinla Abubakar (1) , Ogundimu Kolawole (1) , Isiyaku Sunday
(1) (2)
, Amuda AbdulRazaq
1. Kwara Eye Care Programme/Sightsavers
2. Kwara State Ministry of Health
Objective and Purpose: Kwara Eye Care Programme, a partnership between
the Kwara State government and Sightsavers, faces challenge of financial
sustainability due to limited resources from State government and gradual
phase out or withdrawal of funding from supporting agencies. This study
therefore evaluates the effectiveness of its management’s sustainability plan.
Methods: Information collected from direct interview s with patients, focus
group discussions, project evaluation reports, and annual reviews.
Results: Service delivery continued to increase. There has been a linear
improvement in Cataract Surgical Rate. Patients’ perception was that user fees
are relatively affordable, but there are many who need the services that will not
be able to afford it.
Conclusion: Careful use of cost recovery systems can greatly enhance the
capacity for financial sustainability. The use of social safety “nets” helps to
mitigate any effects of excluding vulnerable groups. Meanwhile cost recovery
measures including payment of user fees, direct payment for drugs and
optimized purchase from manufacturers are modes of ensuring eye care
services are available long-term for the benefit of the community.
Prevention of Blindness: Priorities and Achievements
Mon 20 Feb 10:30 - 12:00 Conference Room B3
IS-WFS-MO 385 (1)
What is Doable in Preventing Diabetic Blindness
Vassileva Petja (1)
1. University Eye Hospital Prof. Pashev
Purpose: To assess the current state of diagnosis and treatment of diabetic
retinopathy in Bulgaria. Methods: Retrospective analysis of all diabetic patients
referred and treated in a tertiary eye hospital. Full eye exam with fluorescein
angiography, OCT, treatment procedures: lasers and pars plana Vitrectomy.
Results: The majority of patients are diagnosed late, in the advanced stage of
the diabetic retinopathy. Conclusions: Legislative measures are required in
order to reduce the risk of diabetic blindness.
IS-WFS-MO 385 (2)
Telemedical Screenings for Prevention of Blindness
Nemeth Janos (1)
1. Hungarian Ophthalmological Society
WOC2012 Abstract Book
One of the leading causes of blindness is retinopathy of prematurity in
childhood and diabetic retinopathy in adults. In both diseases, the prevention
of severe complications and loss of vision is possible with timely ophthalmic
screening and laser intervention in due time. In both diseases, the only
long-term sustainable screening method with large population coverage is
the telemedical screening using fundus photography. Besides Hungarian
telemedical screening programs, the lecture will discuss the worldwide results
and possible future developments.
IS-WFS-MO 385 (3)
Prevention of Blindness in Turkey: Achievements in the New
Millennium
Kaskaloglu Mahmut (1)
1. Kaskaloglu Eye Hospital
Integration of the private health sector in the social security system resulted in
accessible health care in Turkey. Ophthalmology benefited from the reforms,
leading to a much better eye care. On the other hand, the way ophthalmologists
practice and their way of life were permanently changed. The success of the
reforms may be an example to other countries, and I will discuss the pros
and cons of the current system from the point of view of ophthalmologists and
patients.
IS-WFS-MO 385 (4)
Prevalance and Treatment Possibilities of Keratoconus in South
Eastern Europe
Gabric Nikica (1)
1. Eye Clinic Svjetlost
Keratoconus has prevalence in approximately 54 per 100,000 in the general
population of Southeast Europe. Contact lens wear remains the most successful
option for managing mild cases of keratoconus. New surgical options, such
as corneal rings and crosslinking procedures, have been developed to treat
moderate to severe cases. DALK is an option for the treatment of cases without
the involvement of the endothelium while PKP is necessary in very advanced
keratoconus due to scarring and extreme thinning. All of these methods are
available in Clinic Svjetlost in Zagreb.
IS-WFS-MO 385 (5)
Prevention of Blindness and Eye Care in Serbia
Latinovich Slobodanka (1)
1. Eye Hospital Vidar Orasis Swiss
The leading causes of blindness in Serbia, among people older than 50 years
are cataract, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and AMD. In Prevention of
Blindness we discuss the methods and number of operated cataract and
cataract surgical rate, and the reduction of blind people from cataract 2009.
Diabetic retinopathy as a cause of blindness is deeply correlated with poor
control of diabetes. We present the preventive possibility and medical treatment
of glaucoma and AMD.
IS-WFS-MO 385 (6)
Primary IOL implantation in infants with congenital cataracts – main
source of visual and social rehabilitation
Bobrova Nadya (1)
1. Institute Filatova
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