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A |
Aim
|
A general statement of what is intended to be achieved |
| AC-IOL |
Anterior chamber intraocular lens |
| Aphakia |
Without a lens |
| APOC |
Africa Programme for Onchocerciasis Control |
| Assessment |
A collection of all information on a certain subject, including
an opinion on its status |
| Avoidable blindness |
Blindness which could reasonably be prevented or cured within the
limits of resources likely to be made available |
B |
| Baseline data |
Measurements of the situation at the beginning of an intervention
Used for planning and to measure progress after implementation of
the intervention |
| Blindness |
(WHO definition) visual acuity of less than 3/60 (or equivalent)
in the better eye with best correction, or visual field in each eye
restricted to less than 10 degrees from fixation |
C |
| CDTI worker |
Community directed treatment with ivermectin worker |
| CO |
Corneal opacity (simplified grading of trachoma) |
| Cochrane Eyes and Vision Group |
An international network of individuals working to prepare, maintain
and promote access to systematic reviews of interventions to treat
or prevent eye diseases or visual impairment |
| CSC |
Cataract Surgical Coverage: the proportion of people (or eyes) with
‘operable’ cataract who have already received surgery
at a certain point in time |
| CSR |
Cataract Surgical Rate: the total number of cataract operations
performed per year per million population |
E |
| ECCE |
Extracapsular cataract extraction |
| Efficiency |
A measure comparing achievement with the efforts andresources expended |
| EHSA |
Eye Health Service Area |
| Evaluation |
The overall analysis of project achievements at intervals |
G |
| Gantt chart |
Detailed graph of the start and end dates of various activities
under a plan |
H |
| HRD |
Human resources development: all activities aimed to improve people’s
abilities to achieve defined objectives and targets |
I |
| IAPB |
International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness |
| ICCE |
Intracapsular cataract extraction |
| IEC |
Information, education and communication |
| Impact |
The overall long-term effect of a programme on health and general
socioeconomic situation |
| Incidence |
The number of new cases with a defined characteristic occurring
in a defined area in one year |
| IOL |
Intraocular lens |
L |
| LFA |
Logical Framework Approach: a systematic approach to analyse
the current situation, formulate objectives in a logical hierarchy,
identify potential risks, establish how outputs and outcomes might
best be monitored and evaluated, present a summary of the project
in a standard format, and monitor and review the action plan during
implementation |
M |
| Monitoring |
Day-to-day assessment of project activities and progress |
N |
| NGDO |
Nongovernmental development organisation |
| NGO |
Nongovernmental organisation |
O |
| Objectives |
A measurable and time-bound statement of what has to be achieved,
e.g. 10 refractionists trained within 2 years |
| OEPA |
Onchocerciasis Elimination Programme in the Americas |
| Outcome |
General: the results of an intervention programme
More specifically: visual acuity or visual function after cataract
surgery |
| Outlay |
The total costs of an intervention strategy |
| Output |
The total amount of work done under an intervention strategy,
e.g. number of cataract operations, trichiasis operations done |
P |
| PEC |
Primary eye care |
| PHC |
Primary health care |
| PC-IOL |
Posterior chamber intraocular lens |
| Practical |
Student activity, e.g. learning a skill or group work |
| Prevalence |
The number of cases of a clearly-defined condition in a defined
area at a defined point in time |
R |
| RACSS |
Rapid Assessment of Cataract Surgical Services |
| Resources |
(a) Any source of information from which students are able to learn,
e.g. library, teaching materials, human resources (other students,
teachers, etc.). All these are referred to as “learning resources”
(b) Funding, staffing, equipment, anything required to accomplish
one's goals, e.g. conduct a training course, upgrade a health care
facility, etc. |
| ROP |
Retinopathy of prematurity |
S |
| SAFE |
A strategy adopted by WHO for the control of trachoma: Surgery;
Antibiotics; Facial cleanliness; Environmental change |
| Seasonal trend |
Variations in a certain characteristic by season |
| SICS |
Small incision cataract surgery |
| Simulation |
Similar to a case study |
| Situation Analysis |
Assessment of all aspects of the present status of a health programme:
its needs, the current output, unmet needs, constraints, available
resources, costs, barriers, etc. |
| Social marketing |
A process of generating demand for health-care services from the
community from those who need health interventions but are not seeking
them |
| Survey |
Systematic examination of a few individuals from a defined population
in order to know more about the entire population |
T |
| Target |
Steps or markers on the way to achieve an objective |
| TF |
Trachoma follicular (simplified grading of trachoma)
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| TI |
Trachoma infectious (simplified grading of trachoma) |
| Trichiasis |
One or more eyelashes rubbing on the globe of the eye |
| TS |
Trachoma scarring (simplified grading of trachoma) |
| TT |
Trachoma trichiasis (simplified grading of trachoma) |
V |
| VA<3/60 |
VA<3/60 A person or eye that cannot see a standardized character
at 3 metres distance, what a person or eye with normal vision can
see at 60 metres distance. Equivalent systems exist using other
notations, such as feet (VA<20/400), decimal system (0.05) and
the logMar system |
W |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
© World Health Organization and
International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, 2004 |
