Practical procurement advice for Africa eye care programmes

Our editor, Elmien Ellison, has edited the responses of five ophthalmologists and regular Community Eye Health Journal contributors to an unfortunate case study she came across during a recent visit to Africa. “An ophthalmologist told me that his eye department, in a rural part of his country, had recently lost its non-governmental organisation (NGO) support. As a result, he had not performed any cataract operations for several weeks, because the hospital had not ordered the necessary intra-ocular lenses (IOLs). This seemed a very unfortunate state of affairs – but also something others could learn from.”

Read the full article: “Help! No IOLs for cataract surgery.”