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 guide in Portuguese on integrating low vision services into clinical care, education, and rehabilitation in Africa. It includes strategies for detection, management, training, and system planning to improve services for individuals with vision impairment.
This policy forum article highlights how improving eye care in Sub-Saharan Africa requires more than clinical training. It argues for the urgent need to build nonclinical management capacity—covering human resources, finances, outreach, and planning—to effectively implement the VISION 2020 goals and eliminate avoidable blindness.
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 comprehensive equipment and supply list required for performing 500 posterior chamber intraocular lens (PC IOL) cataract surgeries, including unit costs and suggested suppliers, based on VISION 2020 standards.
This systematic review evaluates the practice of task-shifting trichiasis surgery from specialized eye health workers to general health workers in trachoma-endemic countries. It examines surgical outcomes, productivity, and implementation challenges. While generalists can perform surgery with comparable quality to specialists, their productivity remains low due to systemic issues like poor supervision, lack of supplies, and inadequate support. The review emphasizes the need for focused training, better oversight, and dedicated personnel to effectively reduce the burden of trachomatous trichiasis.
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 symposium report outlines strategies to prevent blindness in people affected by leprosy in Africa. It highlights the high burden of ocular disease among leprosy patients, especially cataract and lagophthalmos, and emphasizes the need to integrate leprosy care into general eye health services under VISION 2020. It recommends improved screening, surgical interventions (like lateral tarsal strip and cataract surgery), revised disability grading, and national-level planning to ensure equitable access and reduce stigma.