VISION 2020 Links Programme

Posted on 12. Feb, 2010 by Erin in Health Links

About the Link

Established in 2004 in the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, International Centre for Eye Health. The VISION 2020 Links Programme originated as part of the ‘VISION 2020; The Right to Sight’ initiative that was established in 1999 by the World Health Organisation and the International Agency for Prevention of Blindness to eliminate avoidable blindness worldwide. The Links programme works with overseas partner institutions (initially in Africa or where there is less than one ophthalmologist per million population) to identify their main eye care needs and priorities and then match those requirements with a suitable UK training eye unit. It is an initiative to give teaching eye institutions in developing countries the skills and resources.

Fields of work

Ophthamology

Current activities

The VISION 2020 Links Programme is part of the International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH) and based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The VISION 2020 Links Programme facilitates 20 links at present. ICEH promotes the development of links by acting as a resource and networking centre for existing Links and facilitates the development of new ophthalmic Links within NHS hospitals. A database of interested UK ophthalmologists has been set up to aid the matching process.

Contact information

UK
Marcia Zondervan, VISION 2020 Links Programme Manager

Email: marcia.zondervan@lshtm.ac.uk

www.iceh.org.uk/display/WEB/VISION+2020+Links;jsessionid=E999D2C135E5D326B29F8182CDDA230C