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2017 ICEH Alumni Workshop - Presentation Summary Summary of alumni Goals for the next 2-3 Name Challenges Positive outcomes presentation years Ranad Maswadi  Cataract is the main cause of Findings:  New approach to blinding  Combine public health for Palestine blindness in the occupied 1. Difficulty getting to diseases from a public eye care with clinical Palestinian territories stakeholders health prospective ophthalmology  Aim of study: analyse the eye 2. Scarce job opportunities  Research skills  Participate in the health system in relation to in public health in our  Connections from all around establishment of eye cataract services in the OPT. region the world health committee in the Findings: 3. Combine clinical work  Opportunity to present OPT 1. CSR in the OPT is 2117. EMR- and public health findings at national WHO target is 3000 by 2020. conference 2. Cataract services in the OPT are  Chance for advocacy NGO-dominated in terms of  Publication of study output and donor-decision making. 3. Public sector is weakest in terms of less HR, training, equipment, maintenance, output & strategic planning. 4. Referral system compensated for defects at government facilities. 5. Discrepancy between government centres in west bank and Gaza strip. 6. Political situation affects government stewardship and ability to do planning for eye care and commitment to VISION 2020. Greer Iton  Total number of children having  Balancing clinical work in  Much happier to be back in  Start residency Trinidad & Tobago serviced spectacles still unknown hospital and public health my old job – appreciation programme in  At least 201 cases reached the  Facing resistance from for patient perspective ophthalmology end point of spectacles of a persons who do not  Potential for networking  Shift from hospital setting possible 937 during the appreciate value of public  Enthusiasm for research full time, initially part time designated time period health  No longer feeling stagnant to primary care centres to  Many more are likely to have  Not knowing where to and aware of how much the be involved more actively received also but because of start with my new public world has to offer in and develop primary discrepancies within programme health knowledge eye care in Trinidad & these were previously unknown Tobago  Further research

2017 ICEH Alumni Workshop - Presentation Summary  Despite all issues, children who  Achieve first and hopefully were invited for spectacle wear more publication(s) showed compliance of 55% higher  Active community and than in many countries, national health promotion encouraging for the programme on PEC Monsudi  Evaluation of cataract surgical  Long waiting list at state  The federal hospital agreed  Commence residency Kehinde service in Kebbi State, North hospital to reduce the cost of programme Nigeria Western Nigeria surgery  Planning to enter  Methods: descriptive analytical  The NGO working in the university as a lecturer cross-section study. Using state promise to training  Oculoplastic subspecialty questions indigenous ophthalmologist  Results: enough equipment in the  The federal medical centre cataract surgical services hospital is trying to  Unknown: State hospital do more establish a linkage and cataract surgery partnership with NGO  Not enough eye care worker in cataract service delivery Nasiru  Rapid assessment of avoidable  Balancing clinical duties  Data available for advocacy  Publish research findings Muhammad blindness in Wurno health zone of and addressing public to further improve eye care  Engage stakeholders in Abubakar Sokoto State Nigeria health needs  Evidence of impact of the advocacy and improving Nigeria  Access and availability of investments made in eye the access and quality of research grants care in Sokoto State eye care services  Usable data to improve  Develop proposals that quality of care provided to could attract research the population grants  Promote research in the hospital/university where I work Nadia Ben My dissertation gave me the  Trying to find a path to  Pursue a career that  My contract got extended Meriem opportunity to have my first where I want to go next combines public health and to another two years at France / United experience in research in public  Focus on applying to PhD research is something I Imperial College London Kingdom health I knew it was something I at some point and not want to do and I do feel I  While I continue working wanted to pursue and this summer forgetting or giving up on am on the right path there, I want to cease project reinforced this. that idea  Lecture in PHEC in appointments that will I was glad to realise this after Francophone African help me get to a PhD coming back to London. countries programme or DrPH at The leadership and governance  Presenting at International LSHTM training was something I will repeat Conferences  I intend to have at least 3 in other African countries and do publications in the next the same type of evaluation

2017 ICEH Alumni Workshop - Presentation Summary  Starting a career in NTDs year and 2 for which I will programme and building a be first author reputation in the field Abdullahi Idris  Acknowledgement to BCPB, CSSS,  Putting knowledge and  Gained the knowledge and  Complete residency Nigeria lecturers, ICEH staff skills into practice skills to implement eye care programme  Reported back to work programme from the MSc  Involve in public health  Summer Project: Evaluation  Networking with colleague approach, opportunity affirming eye care services in and staff of ICEH gets to my way Jigawa State North-Western  Summer project: presence  Publish, do more research Nigeria. of HS support to PEC and look into doing PhD.  Need for training, supportive supervision and supply for basic PEC. Sucheta Project Findings:  Making the decision  Could raise funds for  Engage in qualitative Kulkarni  Screening failure is responsible for makers and team research and equipment research epidemiological India most ROP blindness (74%) members understand  Paper from summer project and operational research  There are very few referrals (9%) public health perspective ready to be submitted for  Publish papers from paediatricians  Finding time to pursue publication  Improve primary eye care  Most blind cases from Pune city research amongst busy  Planned two epidemiological delivered by my institute from public sector and most from clinical/administrative studies (RAAB + DR, blind  Improve training smaller cities are from private responsibilities school survey) programmes for sector  Improved training ophthalmology residents  Impact of having a blind child on programme for paramedical and fellows family is widely variable as follows ophthalmic personnel  Engage in advocacy  Social inclusion  Development of child  Negative effect on interpersonal relationships  Financial difficulties  There is no access to counselling, rehab services Aldiana Halim  Past story of eye care  MoH has no experience to  The situational analysis tool  Develop eye care action Indonesia programmes in Indonesia convert baseline date helps to analyse the gaps plan in 15 provinces  Huge burden of blindness in from RAAB to Action plans between the needs and where RAAB had been Indonesia  Eye care programme is existing capacity done  Ministry of Health has completed not priority  MoH creates activities in  Pilot the action plan at RAAB in 15 provinces  No coordinator eye care district level programme of eye care  Duplicate the plan at other districts