The eye health workers we train often return home to work in very challenging environments. They may be the only eye doctor or nurse on their island, relying on visits from our outreach team to meet the need for eye care services. That’s why we provide on-going support and guidance through our workforce support programme.
It’s designed to help our graduates stick it out in the toughest of conditions, and to make sure they have what they need to provide high-quality eye care services in their communities. At the end of the day it’s about putting in place eye care services that can be sustained well into the future. Fred wouldn’t have had it any other way.
Below is a summary of a research report about our in-country model of workforce support in the Pacific.
You can read the full article in the New Zealand Medical Journal here.
An in-country model of workforce support for trained mid-level eye care workers in the Pacific
Bhikoo, R., Murray, N., Biu Sikivou, S. E., & McGhee, C. (2017).Demographic features and visual outcomes of patients presenting to diabetic photo-screening and treated for sight threatening retinopathy in Fiji. International Journal of Ophthalmology, 10(5), 790.
