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
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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 –
- 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
- 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