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.
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.
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.
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.
A Spanish-language guide offering practical approaches for clinical low vision services in Africa. It covers service components, detection and referral processes, vision assessment, accessibility, educational inclusion, and coordination between health and education sectors.
This Maasai-language brochure educates communities about trachomatous trichiasis—a condition where eyelashes turn inward and damage the eye. It explains the causes, effects, treatment options, and encourages early surgical intervention to prevent blindness.
This Swahili brochure explains ugonjwa wa vikope (inward-turning eyelashes), its causes, symptoms, treatment through minor surgery, and the importance of early intervention to prevent blindness.
This Swahili-language brochure explains glaucoma, its causes, symptoms, and treatment options, emphasizing early detection and the importance of eye screening after age 40 to prevent permanent vision loss.
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.
This document compiles key research on trachoma mapping, prevalence surveys, and elimination efforts across multiple countries, highlighting methodologies, challenges, and progress toward meeting WHO elimination thresholds, with a focus on Ghana, The Gambia, and global trichiasis burden estimates.
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.