Addressing vision impairment in Mozambique and the Africa region

Authors

Stephen Thompson, University of Sussex
Kovin Naidoo, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa,
Joel Bambamba, Universidade Lúrio, Mozambique
Vanessa Moodley, University KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
Diane van Staden, University KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
Amanda Forde, Technological University Dublin
Kajal Shah, Technological University DublinFollow
Luigi Bilotto, University of New South Wales
James Loughman, Technological University DublinFollow

Document Type

Article

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

Ophthalmology

Publication Details

Development in Practice, vol 29, 2019, issue 2.

Abstract

The Mozambique Eyecare Project was an international partnership to implement and research eye health education in Mozambique and the Africa region. An optometry degree was developed at Universidade Lúrio, Mozambique. In addition, existing eye health workers were upskilled with training. Researchers from various disciplines evaluated the project and its potential for impact on eye health in the region. The body of evidence generated from the research provides useful lessons for development programmes in general, as well as specific lessons for delivering eye health education and service delivery models for low income settings.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2018.1521786

Recommended Citation

Thompson, S. et al. (2019) Addressing vision impairment in Mozambique and the Africa region, Development in Practice, vol 29, 2019, issue 2. DOI:10.1080/09614524.2018.1521786