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pdf Guidelines for Development for Eye Care Programs and Services in the Caribbean  Publicado Popular

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Organization and Management of Health Systems and Services. Guidelines for Development for Eye Care Programs and Services in the Caribbean. Report for the Workshop held in Trinidad and Tobago, 21-22, July 1997.

Table of Contents:

Introduction

1. Eye care generalities

2.Childhood eye care and prevention of blindness

3. Prevention of blindness from Glaucoma in Latin  America and the Caribbean

4. Eye care and prevention of blindness in Diabetes Mellitus

5. Eye care and prevention of blindness for the adults and elderly

6. Low vision care in Latin America and the Cribbean

7. Blindness and Vitamin A deficiency prevention

pdf Manual for the Training of Primary Health Workers in Eye Care  Publicado Popular

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Eye Care Program Health Services Organization. Technology and Health Services Delivery. Manual for the Training of Primary Health Workers in  Eye Care. Washington, D.C. 2003 (OPS-PAHO/PBL/ 0.3.1)

CONTENTS

I. TASK ANALYSIS

Module I: Eye Screening 1

Module II: Recognition of some eye conditions 4

Module III: Treatment of some eye conditions 9

Module VI: Referral of serious eye conditions

Module V: Ophthalmia Neonatorum

Module IV: Teaching the community

II. EVALUATION