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WSF at McCord Hospital, Durban

WSF hosted a successful week at McCord Eye Hospital in Durban running two back to back on-site courses. The first, a two-day course for 25 local nurses and the second, a three-day course for 23 Eye care workers from across Africa, a diverse audience including clinical officers from Kenya and Zambia, optometrists and ophthalmic nurses. […]
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Distributing Ophthalmic Guides in Malawi

In May 2025, a team of seven eye-care volunteers including Orthoptist, Rowena McNamara, visited Malawi under the auspices of The Raven Trust, and delivered surgical and out-patient ophthalmic equipment to 17 eye clinics, and educational materials to a college and a university. The World Sight Foundation generously donated to the Trust copies of “Primary Eye […]
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Distance learning sets up new teaching opportunities

Distance learning courses have been our main teaching focus during restricted travel due to Covid in the last two years and we have conducted courses based at the HVDesai Eye Hospital in Pune, at the CMC Hospital in Ludhiana, Punjab, with The Ophthalmological Society in Gaza, at the Prof. M A Matin Memorial BNSB Base […]
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New partnership in india

We have pleased to announce that we have formed a teaching partnership with the HVD Eye Hospital in Pune, Maharashtra with whom we have conducted on-site courses for some years. We intend to conduct two courses per year starting in February 2023, to upskill primary eye care professionals in Maharashtra state.
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Primary eye care: a guide to diagnosis and management translations

Due to demand we are pleased to announce that the Primary Eye Care guide has now been published in French and Portuguese editions with a Spanish edition in the works as well.  The English language version is also available to buy through amazon.com.
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World sight foundation launches distance learning courses

The Covid pandemic has prevented us from traveling for the last two years and to reach our target audience we decide to not only publish a teaching manual for primary care but also to establish distant learning courses in places where we have already supported ophthalmic education. Accordingly, we will be conducting courses, based on […]
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