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There are 7 million blind in China. WSF has been visiting China over a number of years in partnership with other charities and we had established our own teaching partnership with the ophthalmic department of the Mianyang Central Hospital in Sichuan province. Sadly we have been unable to visit for some time but hopefully we […]
In 2016 we have begun to contribute to the training of OCOs in Jinja (Eastern Uganda). Like Kenya, Uganda with a population of about 38 million is very dependent on OCOs for delivering ophthalmic health care. There is a school for OCO training in Jinja and in November 2016 Jane Tapley and Debbie Lysons conducted […]
In 2016 we have begun to support the training and post graduate education of Ophthalmic Clinical Officers (OCOs) in Nairobi. An OCO association has been formed recently in Kenya under the guidance of Mr George Ohito with the intention of upskilling that cadre of worker. OCOs are thinly and widely scattered throughout the various regions […]
There are few ophthalmologists for the impoverished population and care in rural communities is particularly sparse and variable. For the past few years (including the 2016-18 course) WSF has been funding the annual ophthalmic nursing course conducted by the Lesotho School of Nursing in Maseru. After graduation these nurses apply their ophthalmic skills for the […]
Circumstances have now allowed our co-operation with St John Eye Hospital in Jerusalem to resume, and with our help in 2016-17 a new cadre of general nurses has been trained in ophthalmology at the St John clinic in Gaza.
WSF has established a partnership with the ophthalmic leadership in Alor Setar in Kedah State. From 2014-2018 we have conducted various teaching courses there in the fields of paediatric ophthalmology, ocular oncology and neuro-ophthalmology.
