News and notices. Comm Eye Health Vol. 27 No. 88 2014. April 01, 2015

Free online course – Global Blindness: Planning and Managing Eye Care Services

Global Blindness: Planning and Managing Eye Care Services

The journal publisher, the International Centre for Eye Health, along with partners LSHTM and Futurelearn, is pleased to announce the launch of a free online short course “Global Blindness: Planning and Managing Eye Care Services.

The course introduces the magnitude and causes of visual impairment at a global level, highlights key global initiatives to manage avoidable blindness, and provides practical approaches to strengthen and plan local eye health services, with an emphasis on low- and middle-income country settings.

Start date: April 23rd 2015

Time commitment: 4 hours per week for 6 weeks

Join the course.

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