Partners and collaborators

ICEH seeks to develop long-term collaborative partnerships with other institutions around the world working to promote VISION 2020 through research, training and information dissemination. These institutions include:

Africa

Nigeria

South Africa

  • Groote Schuur Hospital (University of Cape Town)
     Activities: Community Eye Health Certificate Course
    Address: Health Park, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory, 7937.
    Tel. +27 (0) 21 404 9111.
    Fax +27 (0) 21 404 3260
    Postal Address: Groote Schuur Hospital, Private Bag, Observatory, 7937
    Web site: capegateway.gov.za/gsh

  • South African National Council for the Blind
     Activities: VISION 2020 Workshops; Community Eye Health Regional Resource Centre
    Address: Motswedi Information Centre, National Council for the Blind, 514 White Street, Bailey's Muckleneuk, Pretoria 001
    Tel. +27 (0) 12 452-3811.
    Fax +27 (0) 12 346-4699.
    Email: admin@sancb.org.za.
    Web site: www.sancb.org.za

Tanzania

  • Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology (KCCO)
    Activities: Trachoma research; VISION 2020 Workshops; Community Eye Health Certificate Course; Community Eye Health Regional Resource Centre
    Address: PO Box 2254
    Tel: 255 27 2753547
    Fax: 255 27 2753598
    Email: kcco@kcco.net
    Web site: www.kcco.net

South-East Asia

Bangladesh

  • National Institute of Ophthalmology
    Activities: National Survey of the Prevalence and Causes of Blindness and Low Vision; Outcome of Childhood Cataract Surgery; VISION 2020 Workshops
    Address: Agargaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

  • Child Sight Foundation
    Activities: Currently implementing an operational research project of ICEH to develop and pilot a MODEL programme to eliminate Childhood Cataract Blindness in Children- this project is called - 'Childhood Cataract Control Programme'. This is funded through ICEH from a grant from Muslim Aid UK.
    Address: Bangladesh.

India

  • LV Prasad Eye Institute
    Community Eye Health Regional Resource Centre; Support to Teaching Programme; VISION 2020 Workshops
    Address: LV Prasad Marg, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad - 500 034, Andhra Pradesh, India. Tel: 00 91 40 2401 1243; Fax: 00 91 40 2401 1293;
    Email: library@icare.stph.net
    Web site: www.lvpei.org

Pakistan

  • Pakistan Institute of Community Ophthalmology, Peshawar
    Activities: National Survey of the Prevalence and Causes of Blindness and Low Vision; Support to Teaching Programme; VISION 2020 Workshops; Community Eye Health Regional Resource Centre
    Address: Raja Mumtaz, Regional Learning Resource Centre (RLRC), PICO, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Phase 4, Hayatabad, Peshawar, Pakistan, or PO Box 125, Peshawar, Pakistan
    Tel: 00 92 91 921 7377
    Fax: 00 92 91 921 7413
    Email: rlrc@pes.comsats.net.pk
    Web site: www.pico.org.pk

Latin America

Colombia

  • Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander
    Activities: Community Eye Health Regional Resource Centre
    Address: Apartado Aereo 3128, Urbanizacion El Bosque, Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia.
    Tel: 00 57 7 638 6000;
    Fax: 00 57 97 679 8629
    Email: colaris@foscal.com.co
    Web site: www.foscal.com.co

Paraguay

  • Programa Vision
    Activities: VISION 2020 Workshops
    Address: Asuncion, Paraguay

Europe

United Kingdom

  • Wellcome Trust
    ICEH collaborated with the Wellcome Trust on the production of their CD: 'Topics in International Health' Trachoma 2nd edition.
    Web site www.wellcome.ac.uk