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VISION 2020: The Right to Sight was launched by WHO in February 1999. In the intervening years national governments and non-governmental organisations have progressively accepted this initiative as the best approach for improving eye health and preventing blindness.
The realisation of VISION 2020 requires a commitment to develop programmes serving populations at the district level, where needs can be assessed, resources identified and community support motivated. While the need for district planning is clear, the means of bringing this about is more difficult to define.
This manual, published in 2006, is an attempt to document some lessons learnt from three successful but different district models that have been developed in response to local conditions.
The WHO Vision and eye screening implementation handbook (VESIH) offers a step-by-step guidance for conducting vision and eye screenings in community and primary care settings.
This guidance aims to facilitate the monitoring of both eye and ear care services through presenting a set of core facility indicators along with considerations for analysis and use of routine health information
