At KCCO, we believe that sharing practical knowledge is just as powerful as delivering care.
Our growing resource library supports eye care professionals, program managers, policymakers, researchers and educators across Africa with tools designed to strengthen systems, train teams and scale sustainable impact.
Whether you’re developing a national plan, launching a hospital program, or conducting training in remote areas. These resources are built to inform and empower your work.
A practical manual for African eye health providers on using key informants to identify and refer children with severe visual impairment or blindness, as part of efforts to eliminate childhood blindness.
A detailed report on improving district-level planning for VISION 2020 in Africa, emphasizing data-driven strategies for addressing cataract, refractive error, childhood blindness, and other eye conditions through effective collaboration, service delivery, and monitoring.
This report summarizes a 2007 workshop at KCCO that focused on using evidence-based approaches for effective district-level planning and implementation of the VISION 2020 initiative to eliminate avoidable blindness in Africa.
A report on using evidence-based approaches for planning and implementing VISION 2020 eye health services at the district level in Africa, focusing on data-driven strategies for addressing blindness and improving eye care delivery.
A practical manual for training and using key informants in African communities to identify and refer children with vision loss, supporting early intervention and childhood blindness prevention.
This report details childhood blindness outreach efforts in four regions of Madagascar (Analamanga, Vakinankaratra, SAVA, and Atsinanana), supported by KCCO and SEVA Canada. Using trained Key Informants, over 2,000 children were screened across multiple sites. The program provided treatment, glasses, and surgeries for children with visual impairments. Despite logistical challenges and budget overruns for medicine and glasses, the project met or exceeded key objectives and was widely appreciated by communities, health workers, and local leaders.
This report summarizes a four-day workshop held at KCCO in Moshi, Tanzania, focused on improving the use of evidence in planning VISION 2020 eye care programs at the district level in Africa. It outlines key data requirements, planning processes, disease-specific strategies, and monitoring mechanisms to ensure effective, data-driven service delivery. The report also emphasizes the importance of stakeholder coordination and the use of updated blindness prevalence estimates to improve planning accuracy and implementation outcomes.
A curated list of research articles published between 1995 and 2018 focusing on eye care and ophthalmology in Burundi. Topics include blindness surveys, childhood blindness, HIV/AIDS-related eye diseases, corneal conditions, onchocerciasis, and trachoma.
This report outlines strategies for effective district-level eye health planning in Africa under VISION 2020, emphasizing the use of local data to improve services for conditions like cataract, glaucoma, refractive error, and childhood blindness.
A comprehensive annotated bibliography of 147 peer-reviewed articles published between 1995 and 2018 related to eye care and ophthalmology in Kenya. Topics include blindness surveys, cataract, childhood blindness, glaucoma, trachoma, diabetic retinopathy, vitamin A deficiency, and more. This resource supports research, planning, and clinical practice in eye health across Kenya.