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Chapter 1 Introduction to planning

1.3 The planning process summarized
   

A. Where are we now? Situation analysis

1. Make a full and careful assessment of the following.

  • Needs: identify the important preventable and/or treatable causes of blindness and visual loss in the area
  • Output of eye-care services and constraints to service delivery
  • Uptake at both the clinic and community levels
  • How developed and functional are outreach services in the area?
  • Human resources and training capacity: How adequate are existing staff skills? What additional skills are required?
  • Infrastructure (facilities, equipment, supplies). What is available, in what condition? How regularly? Are there periods of shortages?
  • Existing community participation. Who, how?
  • Existing management system. Who does what? What data are currently being collected? What indicators are being used? Channels of communication.

2. Analyse the relationships among the above items. For example, match the present output with the available human resources and infrastructure and assess their utilization. Match existing services to needs, identify gaps and determine reasons for the gaps. Propose solutions.

B. Where do we want to go?

Set priorities, goals and targets to be achieved in each year over a five-year period.

C. How will we get there?

Formulate the strategy. Determine the specific activities and interventions for each targeted disease.

D. How do we know we have arrived?

Determine ongoing monitoring and evaluation activities to measure indicators that will show progress toward the goals and targets. Use VISION 2020 global database indicators as a model.

E. What new problems do we have?

Forward planning. Determine what might happen or what did happen as a result of plan implementation. How has this affected the current situation? What adjustments need to be made?

   

Documents

link: Acrobat documentStrategies for the prevention of blindness in national programmes - a primary health care approach

link: Acrobat documentVISION 2020 launched in French- speaking Africa

link: Acrobat documentWHO Director-General launches a global initiative to combat avoidable blindness

link: Acrobat documentVISION 2020 launched in English- speaking Africa

link: Acrobat documentVISION 2020 launched in the Western Pacific

link: Acrobat document Course manual for VISION 2020 workshops

Articles

link: Acrobat documentBlindness prevention programmes: past, present and future

link: Acrobat documentPrevention of blindness and priorities for the future

link: Acrobat documentNational prevention of blindness programmes and VISION 2020

link: Acrobat documentNational prevention of blindness programmes

Templates of national VISION 2020 action plans

link : word documentDescriptive format for national VISION 2020 action plan

link: word documentLFA format for national VISION 2020 action plan

link: Acrobat documentDraft agenda for VISION 2020 workshop

Examples of national VISION 2020 action plans

link: Acrobat documentAfrican programme: Kenya

link: Acrobat documentSouth American programme: Brazil

link: Acrobat documentCambodia’s National Eye Care Programme and VISION 2020: The Right to Sight

Logical Framework Analysis

link: Acrobat documentUNDP Logical Framework Analysis

link: Acrobat documentAustralian Government Logical Framework Analysis

link : word documentGantt chart: time frame for action plan
 

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