IAPB 9th General Assembly
Sight First – Lions’ Vision for All
New Directions - Sight First Program, South Asia
By
Prof.Dr.S.Chandrashekar Shetty
Chief Sight First Technical Advisor
India and Srilanka
September 19, 2012
Mission Statement
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
History of Sight First – India
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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
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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
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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
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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 Ophthalmology
AECS - 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
Selection of the Hospital
Needs Assessment
(Data Collection)
Vision Building & Developing
Strategic Action Plans
Implementation & Follow-up
Support
Monitoring & Feedback
Supporting the eye
hospitals to enhance
their performance
Lions Hospitals supported by LAICO
Project Name
Lions SF 369
Country
No. of Hospitals
India
40
Bangladesh
1
India
29
Bangladesh
2
Africa
4
Nepal
4
Lions New
India
Sri Lanka
Africa
Bangladesh
38
3
2
2
LCIF/ Lavelle
Africa
2
Total
127
Lions SF 741
Consultancy for Capacity Building
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Lions Club International Foundation (LCIF)
Collaboration & support now extended to:
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Sight Savers International, UK (SSI)
CBM International, Germany (CBM)
Seva Foundation, USA
International Eye Foundation, USA
WHO
Consultancy for Capacity Building
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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
countries
Lions Eye Hospitals: 127
(46%)
Impact of capacity building process
NO OF SURGERIES
(Performance report from 90 Hospitals)
250000
200000
150000
100000
50000
0
197,214
Workshop
133,649
Surgeries
12 Months
12 Months
Before
After
Before
After
Moving to next level: To work with
73 Lions Eye Hospitals in India during
next 2 years
SF 1588: Hospitals
Multiples Aspirers Achievers
South
East
West
12
13
12
10
16
3
North
Total
5
42
2
31
Needing
special
attention
4
6
5
2
17
Total
26
35
20
9
90
Management of Diabetic Retinopathy in
the Community
Pilot Project-SF-742
Project Period- 5 years
Supported by
Lions Aravind Institute of
Community Ophthalmology
Lions Aravind Diabetic Retinopathy Project :
Madurai and Coimbatore
Project period– 5 years
Project Objectives & Strategies
– Create Awareness
– Community Outreach
– Tertiary Care
– Training
– Model Development
Diabetic Retinopathy Project
Sankara Nethralaya
Diabetic Retinopathy Project
Project period – 3 years
A PROJECT OF LIONS CLUB OF MADRAS
CENTRAL
LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL
Project Area
Tiruvallur
Vellore
Chennai
Kanchipuram
Tiruvannamalai
Villupuram
L.V.Prasad Eye Institute
Capacity Development Project for
Management of Diabetic Eye Disease
Andhra Pradesh
Project period – 2005-2008
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 Inauguration-Oct 15, 2005
Diabetic Retinopathy Pilot Project –
West-Bengal
SF 1513/MD 322 - 8 eye hospitals
Project Period – 2008-2011
Johnson & Johnson/LCIF
Sight for Kids Program
City/State
No. of children
screened
Spectacles
given
300,000
8,000
Cochin, Kerala
4,287,261
22,950
Hyderabad,
Andhrapradesh
550,202
10,384
Kolkata, West Bengal
766,227
19,063
5,903,690
60,397
Mumbai, Maharashtra
TOTAL
New Directions - Sight First Program
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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:
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Operational and Epidemiological Research
Building comprehensive Eye Care systems
To discontinue Sight First Cataract Subsidy
More strategic investments towards underserved area/community
New Directions - Sight First Program:
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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 crosslearning
Area specific Sight First Programs in South
Asia
Thank you…