News and notices. November 17, 2014
How a Kenyan eye unit keeps costs low, quality high & generates income
![Kitale eye unit was built and equipped with support from Operation Eyesight Universal. © Hilary Rono](http://www.cehjournal.org/wp-content/themes/cehj-theme/img/grey.gif)
Eye care services are an integral part of health services. It is therefore important that eye care programmes are designed with financial sustainability in mind so they can become self-sufficient within a reasonable period of time. This article describes how costs were kept low, income was generated, and quality eye care was maintained at Kitale Eye Unit, a department within the Kitale District Hospital, the county referral hospital for Transzoia (population 1 million) in Kenya.