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Country Snap Shot & Eyecare Profile
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Country |
Cook Islands |
Region |
Western Pacific |
Capital |
Avarua |
Area (sq/km) |
240 |
Geography |
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Provinces / Districts |
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*Population |
21,388 |
*Population Below Poverty Line |
NA% |
*Infant Mortality/1000 births |
NA |
*GDP Per Capita ($US) |
$5,000 |
Schools of Optometry |
0 |
Optometrists |
NA |
Opticians |
0 |
Ophthalmologists |
0 |
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No |
Vision 2020 Signatory |
Yes |
Vision 2020 National Plan |
Yes |
National Eyecare Health Plan |
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source http://www.cia.gov
In May 2004, ICEE conducted a training of trainers in Primary Eyecare Course (PEC) for seven nurses from Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, who are involved in eye care delivery. This formed part of the Fred Hollows Foundation’s regional eye nurse workshop in the Cook Islands.
An ICEE trainer worked with Sister Wanta Aluta, an experienced eye care nurse from the Solomon Islands, to deliver two days of trainer training to these nurses, who were selected by their respective Ministries of Health. The workshop provided prospective eye nurse trainers with the knowledge, skills and attitudes they need to train others, based on learner-centred, participatory training techniques.
On the completion of the training the new trainers went on to tutor twenty nurses from seven islands throughout the Cooks, during a five day workshop. In this way, the new trainers were able to immediately apply the skills they had learnt, and to continue to learn from ICEE and each other as they delivered their first PEC course.
The PEC course aims to equip health workers with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to identify and manage common eye problems. The course uses interactive tutorials and active learning techniques, as well as group work to enable health workers to take a case history, measure visual acuity and examine the anterior eye in order to identify common eye conditions. Guidelines for treatment or referral are included.
ICEE will continue to support the newly trained PEC trainers as they return to their own countries to deliver further courses.
Collaborators
Fred Hollows Foundation, New Zealand
Vision 2020 Fiji
Fiji Ministry of Health
Tongan Ministry of Health
Cook Islands Ministry of Health
Samoan Ministry of Health
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