Courses and conferences
6th International Glaucoma Symposium (I.G.S)
March 28-31, 2007. Venue: Athens, Greece. Information: Symposium Organisers, Kenes International – Global Congress Organizers and Association Management Services, 17 Rue du Cendrier, PO Box 1726, CH-1211 Geneva 1, Switzerland. Tel: (+41) 22 908 0488, Fax: (+41) 22 732 2850. Email: [email protected]. Website: www.kenes.com/glaucoma
Planning for VISION 2020 short course
July 3-7, 2006. Venue: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London. Cost: £630. Information: [email protected] or [email protected]
Certificate course in Community Eye Health
October 16 – December 8, 2006. Venue: Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology. Course aims and objectives: To equip eye health professionals with the skills necessary to develop, implement, and manage a VISION 2020 programme. The eight-week course will focus on disease control, planning, human resource development, management, bridging strategies, and budgeting. The course is suitable for ophthalmologists, project managers, or other eye care professionals who are responsible for developing and implementing district VISION 2020 plans. Information and admission procedures: Dr Paul Courtright – Email: [email protected]
MSc Community Eye Health
Dates: 25th September 2006 – 14th September 2007
Cost: £13,750 (Overseas) or £4,370 (Home)
Venue: The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
The MSc in Community Eye Health is designed to equip eye care professionals and planners with the knowledge and skills to reduce blindness and visual disability. Training in community eye health extends the training in clinical ophthalmology applied to individual patients, to a consideration of the eye health of whole populations – how these can be assessed, resourced and evaluated.
The course is designed in keeping with the aims, priorities and strategies of VISION 2020. VISION 2020 is a World Health Organisation programme designed to eliminate avoidable and treatable blindness, globally, by 2020. Applicants are expected to be health care professionals involved in eye care and have relevant work experience.
Course duration is one year (full-time) but it is available on a part-time basis over two years.
Application forms are available from the Registry, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP, UK. Telephone: +44 (0)20 7299 4646 fax: +44(0)20 7323 0638, e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]. Website: www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/masters/msceh.html
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