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Korle Bu Optical Services: Can social entrepreneurship support community eye care development?

Korle Bu Optical Services: Can social entrepreneurship support community eye care development?. Imran A. Khan, OD, MSc, MPH, FAAO International Programme Director Vision Aid Overseas Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Public Health, Salus University Consultant, Development & Education

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Korle Bu Optical Services: Can social entrepreneurship support community eye care development?

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  1. Korle Bu Optical Services: Can social entrepreneurship support community eye care development? Imran A. Khan, OD, MSc, MPH, FAAO International Programme Director Vision Aid Overseas Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Public Health, SalusUniversity Consultant, Development & Education IAPB 9th General Assembly Hyderabad, India Pavilion Presentation September 2012

  2. Semantics • Social entrepreneurship? • Community eye care development? • Sustainability?

  3. What is the best model? leansixsigmasource.com

  4. No one size fits all…… http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/cma/lowres/cman20l.jpg

  5. ProgrammeDevelopment

  6. Background

  7. Purpose • Partnership • Vision Aid Overseas • MoorfieldsLions Korle Bu Trust (MLKBT) • Purpose • Develop the Korle Bu Optical Service (KBOS) • Social entrepreneurial unit • Create surplus income • Increased access to eye care for the poor • Support training initiatives • Funding • UK Department of Health, International Health Fund Links Scheme (IHFLS)

  8. Vision Centres Referral Vision Centre Eye Examination Patient Walk-in Spectacles Dispensed Glazing Lab Optical Shop Community Outreach

  9. Credit: M Balwin, Cartoon stock

  10. Plan of Work 2010 – 2012 (pilot phase) Vision Centre Development • Vision Centre set up in the existing Korle Bu hospital • Vision Centre Manager and technical staff appointed • Vision Aid Overseas’ operational support Training Plan • Training for Vision Centre Technical staff • Training to support Optometry staff • Training to support Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology university students undertaking community clinical practice Monitoring and Evaluation Reports • March 2011 • December 2011 • March 2012

  11. Results

  12. Results

  13. Pilot outputs achieved Operational figures April 2011 – March 2012 • Turnover £34K • Operating surplus £5k Training outcomes • Developing community services with KNUST (40 students) • Management, optometry and technical training at KBOS (6 specialists) Patient impact (KBOS) • Patients eye tested: 5108 • Spectacles dispensed: 1978

  14. Financials: 2012-13

  15. Learning points • The need for strong contractual engagement between partners. • The need for a comprehensive business plan with operation targets and focus on generating financial surplus. • Mechanisms to engage with multi-partners. • Promotional activities to develop increased community awareness, working within a public health/private partnership. • The need for clarity around patient impact. • The importance of monitoring and evaluation and publication of results.

  16. World Health Organisation – critical tasks for a well functioning health system

  17. 30,000 patients gaining access to eyecare from poor communities • Surplus used to support programme • Korle Bu Hospital as an examplar of a public/private health partnership • Sustainable service developed to support poor communities • Hub and community outreach roll out to support Vision 2020: The right to sight national strategy

  18. Thank you • Imran.Khan@visionaidoverseas.org • IKhan@salus.edu

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