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The Eye Care Competency Framework is a critical tool through which the required workforce can be planned and developed.
WHO has developed the Eye Care Competency Framework (ECCF) as a critical tool through which the required workforce can be planned and developed.
The ECCF is a tool that conveys the expected or aspired performance of the eye care workforce across primary to tertiary levels of health care, to enable continuum of quality care and integrated service delivery that meet the needs of the population. It aims to be foundation tool to be used as comprehensive reference for workforce planning and development, that is flexible and can be applied to address context-specific needs and assist in defining a shared set of expectations with common language. The ECCF can further be used to as a source to guide practice standards, protocols, and performance appraisals.
The ECCF presents the competencies and activities of an eye care worker through six domains:
Within these domains, each competency and activity is underpinned by knowledge and skills. Behaviours and tasks for each competency and activity are expressed (respectively) at different levels of proficiency. An eye care worker may identify with different levels of proficiency across each competency or activity within a particular domain; this will depend on their education and role requirements and is not specifically linked to their occupational group.
Access the Eye Care Competency Framework at this link. It is available in English, Spanish, and French.
The IAPB School Eye Health Workgroup has released these guidelines to help deliver standardised comprehensive eye health services to more than 700 million children attending schools around the world.
Inclusiveness and Health Equity for Persons with Disabilities
The WHO Vision and eye screening implementation handbook (VESIH) offers a step-by-step guidance for conducting vision and eye screenings in community and primary care settings.
This key report sheds light on the often-overlooked supply-side barriers that prevent many in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) from obtaining affordable, quality glasses.
The 2023 Annual Report of CBM's eye care work across its programmes. Inclusive, comprehensive and integrated- CBM's Eye Health Initiative reports on it latest work in eye health.
This guidance aims to facilitate the monitoring of both eye and ear care services through presenting a set of core facility indicators along with considerations for analysis and use of routine health information
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) have collaborated to produce a report on Eye Health and the World of Work
This report was authored by the Deloitte Center for Health Economics working with Roche and IAPB
ROP related blindness can be prevented by improving comprehensive preterm care and screening at appropriate time.
Exploring the Impact of Environmental Conditions on the Ocular Surface - A Review of Risk Factors
Interventions To Slow The Progression Of Myopia
