{"id":3235,"date":"2017-02-21T16:42:07","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T16:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/iceh-new\/?p=3235"},"modified":"2017-02-21T16:59:43","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T16:59:43","slug":"short-course-on-international-eye-health-3-7-july-2017-at-the-london-school-of-hygiene-tropical-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/iceh-new\/short-course-on-international-eye-health-3-7-july-2017-at-the-london-school-of-hygiene-tropical-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"ICEH Short Course on International Eye Health: 3-7 July, 2017 at the London School of Hygiene &amp; Tropical Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/iceh-new\/files\/2017\/02\/Peek.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"315\" height=\"210\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3237\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/iceh-new\/files\/2017\/02\/Peek.png\" alt=\"Peek\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/iceh-new\/files\/2017\/02\/Peek.png 315w, https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/iceh-new\/files\/2017\/02\/Peek-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><\/a><u><\/u><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><u>International Eye Health<\/u><\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Course Organisers: Professor Allen Foster &amp; Dr Andrew Bastawrous<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Dates:<\/strong> 3 &#8211; 7 July, 2017<\/h3>\n<p>This five-day course is aimed to familiarise participants with the Principles of Planning and Universal Eye Care to address Visual Impairment; the strategies to control the main causes of visual loss; and the utilisation of PEEK technology in eye care.<\/p>\n<p>The main purposes of the workshop will be to familiarise participants with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the aims, objectives and strategies of the VISION 2020: The Right to Sight programme<\/li>\n<li>the principles of planning involved in implementing district and national level eye care programmes<\/li>\n<li>how the PEEK technology (portable eye examination kit) can be used in eye care programmes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The course programme will look at survey methodologies and strategies for control of the major blinding diseases. 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