This manual summarises expert discussions and evidence on childhood cataract in Africa, focusing on early detection, timely surgical management, and comprehensive follow-up care to improve visual outcomes and quality of life for affected children.
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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.
Trachoma elimination
Training and deployment of Key Informants (KIs)
This guide explains how to use trained community Key Informants to identify children with severe visual impairment and support follow-up after eye surgery. It focuses on practical, low-cost community case finding, strong coordination, short targeted training, and continuous supervision to improve early detection and post-surgical care outcomes.
Surgery for trachomatous trichiasis
This collection presents research on the surgical management of trachomatous trichiasis, exploring outcomes, interventions, barriers to uptake, and methods to optimize prevalence estimates to support WHO’s SAFE strategy for trachoma elimination.
Supportive Supervision for Trachomatous Trichiasis Programmes
A concise guide to micro-planning effective Zithromax® distribution for trachoma control, supporting health teams with tools, timelines, and best practices for high-coverage mass drug administration.
Micro-planning for Effective Zithromax® Mass Drug Administration
This manual from the International Coalition for Trachoma Control provides detailed guidance for micro-planning Zithromax® Mass Drug Administration (MDA) campaigns. It includes pre-planning steps, tools, workshop agendas, supervision strategies, and reporting mechanisms to enhance efficiency, improve health systems, and support trachoma elimination efforts.
Trachoma Action Planning: A Planning Guide for the National Elimination of Blinding Trachoma
A practical guide to planning and delivering efficient mass drug administration (MDA) of Zithromax® for trachoma control, developed by ICTC to support national and district-level health teams.
Organizing trichiasis surgical outreach
A practical toolkit developed by the ICTC to support planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of mass drug administration (MDA) for trachoma elimination programs.
Preferred practices for training, deploying, and following up with Key Informants (KIs) for identifying and supporting children with severe visual impairment or blindness
Summary of key discussions and research priorities from the 2012 Global Scientific Meeting on Trachomatous Trichiasis in Moshi, Tanzania, focusing on surgical practices, service delivery, and quality improvement.