News and notices. August 21, 2014

Non-clinical managers are the key to a successful eye programme

When an eye programme has a nonclinical manager, organising outreach activities will become one of his or her main responsibilities. Aravind Eye Care System
When an eye programme has a nonclinical manager, organising outreach activities will become one of his or her main responsibilities. Aravind Eye Care System

The importance of management in an eye care programme should not be underestimated. It is hard to imagine how a busy ophthalmologist could attend to her or his patients, as well as doing all of the tasks needed to manage a successful eye department, eye hospital or hospital-based VISION 2020 eye programme.

Edson Mwaipopo, Deputy director of KCCO Tanzania LTD, explains how to find a good non-clinical manager and outlines their training and mentoring needs why non-clinical managers are the key to a successful eye programme. The article also includes a case study from Madagascar the views Asiwome Seneadza, head of Kitwe Central Hospital’s eye department in Zambia on non-clinical managers

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