New Directions - Sight First Program, South Asia

ByProf.Dr.S.Chandrashekar ShettyChief Sight First Technical AdvisorIndia and Srilanka

Sight First – Lions’ Vision for AllIAPB 9th General Assembly

September 19, 2012

The Mission of the Lions ‘SIGHTFIRST’ program is to build comprehensive eye care systems to fight the major causes of blindness and care for the blind or visually impaired. The program funds, high quality sustainable projects that deliver eye care services, develop infrastructure, train personnel and / or provide rehabilitation and education in underserved communities

Mission StatementMission Statement

History of Sight First – India

Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology (LAICO), Madurai

Construction of new Eye Hospitals Capacity building of existing Eye Hospitals Establishment of Satellite Eye Centers and

Vision Centers Cataract Surgery Campaigns/Programs

History of Sight First – India

Manpower Management Training for capacity building of existing / start-up eye hospitals

Re-orientation Training for Lions Eye Hospitals for Capacity Enhancement

Management of Diabetic Retinopathy in the Community

LCIF/Vision-2020 Paediatric Team Training

Sight First - India

LCIF/Vision-2020 Training for Eye care Managers

Johnson & Johnson/LCIF Sight for Kids program

Tele-ophthalmology program for control of Childhood blindness

Sight First - India

Sight First has awarded 288 grants for India since 1991

Established over 100 Lions Eye Hospitals throughout India

Financial Support to 2.11 million cataract surgeries since 1991

LCIF has invested over US$ 43 million towards eye care in India

Lions Aravind Institute of Community

OphthalmologyAECS - LCIF

Consultancy for Capacity Building

The Manpower & Management Development program was originally started to enhance the capacity of Lions Club supported eye hospitals in India in eye care delivery and to build their long term financial viability through patient revenues.

Consultancy: Supporting organizational development

Monitoring & Feedback

Implementation & Follow-up Support

Vision Building & Developing Strategic Action Plans

Selection of the Hospital

Needs Assessment (Data Collection) Supporting the eye

hospitals to enhance their performance

Lions Hospitals supported by LAICO

Project Name Country No. of Hospitals Lions SF 369 India 40

Bangladesh 1Lions SF 741 India 29

Bangladesh 2Africa 4Nepal 4

Lions New IndiaSri LankaAfricaBangladesh

38322

LCIF/ Lavelle Africa 2Total 127

Consultancy for Capacity Building

Lions Club International Foundation (LCIF) Collaboration & support now extended to:

Sight Savers International, UK (SSI) CBM International, Germany (CBM) Seva Foundation, USA International Eye Foundation, USA WHO

Consultancy for Capacity Building

ORBIS International, USA Dark & Light, Netherlands IAPB-ZEISS Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc., USA Right to Sight-International, Ireland Direct Requests from Individual Eye

Hospitals & Foundations

LAICO’s Partners till Date

273 eye hospitals from 27 273 eye hospitals from 27 countriescountriesLions Eye Hospitals: 127 Lions Eye Hospitals: 127 (46%)(46%)

Surgeries

133,649

197,214

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Workshop

Impact of capacity building process(Performance report from 90 Hospitals)

12 Months 12 Months

Moving to next level: To work with 73 Lions Eye Hospitals in India during

next 2 years

SF 1588: Hospitals

Multiples Aspirers Achievers Needing special

attention

Total

South 12 10 4 26East 13 16 6 35West 12 3 5 20North 5 2 2 9Total 42 31 17 90

Project Period- 5 years

Management of Diabetic Retinopathy in the Community

Pilot Project-SF-742

Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology

Supported bySupported by

Project Objectives & Strategies

– Create Awareness– Community Outreach– Tertiary Care– Training– Model Development

Lions Aravind Diabetic Retinopathy Project : Madurai and Coimbatore

Project period– 5 yearsProject period– 5 years

Diabetic Retinopathy Project

Sankara Nethralaya

Diabetic Retinopathy Project

Project period – 3 years

A PROJECT OF LIONS CLUB OF MADRAS CENTRAL

LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL

Project AreaTiruvallur

Kanchipuram

Villupuram

Vellore

Tiruvannamalai

Chennai

L.V.Prasad Eye Institute Capacity Development Project for

Management of Diabetic Eye DiseaseAndhra Pradesh

Objectives:To build capacity of 18 Eye Hospitals (Primary, Secondary & Tertiary) in the state of Andhra Pradesh for the management of diabetic retinopathy through an approach with incorporating the following components

Project period – 2005-2008

Project Inauguration-Oct 15, 2005

SF 1513/MD 322 - 8 eye hospitalsProject Period – 2008-2011

Diabetic Retinopathy Pilot Project – West-Bengal

Johnson & Johnson/LCIFSight for Kids ProgramCity/State No. of children

screened Spectacles

given Mumbai, Maharashtra 300,000 8,000

Cochin, Kerala 4,287,261 22,950

Hyderabad, Andhrapradesh

550,202 10,384

Kolkata, West Bengal 766,227 19,063

TOTAL 5,903,690 60,397

New Directions - Sight First Program

Continue to support Capacity Building of Existing Eye Hospitals

Capacity Building of existing eye hospitals for comprehensive Eye Care services.

Emphasis on control of Diabetic Retinopathy and uncorrected refractive error

Capacity Building for low-vision and rehabilitation services

New Directions - Sight First Program:

Operational and Epidemiological Research Building comprehensive Eye Care systems To discontinue Sight First Cataract Subsidy More strategic investments towards under-

served area/community

Importance of internal revenue generation, financial viability and sustainability of SF Eye hospitals

Importance of data collection and monitoring Networking of Lions Eye Hospitals for cross-

learning Area specific Sight First Programs in South

Asia

New Directions - Sight First Program:

Thank you…