Comm Eye Health Vol. 33 No. 110 2020. Published online 31 December, 2020
Recognising the role of ophthalmic nurses and allied ophthalmic personnel in eye care
Ophthalmic nurses, ophthalmic clinical officers and other allied ophthalmic personnel are at the forefront of the eye health workforce, particularly in low-resource settings where there is a shortage of ophthalmologists. This issue celebrates the vital contributions of ophthalmic nurses and ophthalmic clinical officers in delivering integrated, people-centred eye care, in line with the recommendations of the World Health Organization’s World Report on Vision.
Articles in this issue –
- Recognising the role of ophthalmic nurses and allied ophthalmic personnel in eye care
- Ophthalmic nurses: vital team members in the push for better eye health
- The importance of the perioperative nurse
- The many roles of an ophthalmic nurse in a tertiary eye institution
- Eye care where there are no ophthalmologists: the Uganda experience
- Running a mobile diabetes screening service in Dominica
- Postoperative eye care in Botswana: the role of ophthalmic nurses
- Eye nurse training in the Pacific islands
- The importance of ophthalmic nurses: an ophthalmologist’s view
- Ophthalmic nurses: meeting the need for human resources to end trachoma
From our South Asia Edition –
- Growing demand for nursing in eye care in Sri Lanka
- Ophthalmic nurses in vision centres in Bangladesh
- Eye care for the people by the people: a case study from the Sundarbans
- Allied eye health professionals in eye care services in Nepal
- How can we make the most of allied health personnel?
- Training allied ophthalmic personnel to meet India’s eye care needs
- Paving the career path for allied ophthalmic personnel
- Understanding definitions of visual impairment and functional vision
- The role of allied ophthalmic personnel in achieving universal eye health coverage in South Asia