Strengthening Capacity of Pediatric Eye Care

Results achieved as of the end of the project (July 2013) include: (i) building a Child-Friendly Eye Care Center at Hue Eye Hospital that complies with all the infrastructure requirements of a high-standard pediatric eye care facility; (ii) setting up a well-trained pediatric eye care team that provides quality eye care to children in need at Hue Eye Hospital; (iii) providing retinopathy of prematurity screening and treatment at Hue Central Hospital; (iv) examining 13 330 children providing medical treatment to 9 439 children and providing prescriptions for glasses to 5 470 children at schools; (v) performing 350 eye surgeries; (vi) developing an outreach and referral network to reach patients in need in the central region of Vietnam; (vii) developing a long-term business strategy for Hue Eye Hospital to ensure the long-term ability of the pediatric unit to meet the growing demand of patients across the central region of Vietnam; and (viii) engaging the Canadian public with over 3 000 people visiting the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital visitors. These results contributed to improving children’s access to high quality pediatric eye care services in the central region of Vietnam.