Optometry Educators' Teaching Experiences and Opportunities Pre-, During, and Post-COVID-19 in South Africa.

Aim: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the higher education sector worldwide, and South Africa has faced unique challenges that continue to influence teaching beyond the pandemic.

Purpose: The study investigated the South African optometry educators' teaching experiences and opportunities pre-, during, and post-COVID-19.

Methods: The proposed study design was explorative and quantitative.

The association between road traffic accidents and visual functions: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background:  Poor visual functions have been reported to be related to the occurrence of road traffic accidents.

Aim:  To review the association between visual function and road traffic accidents (RTAs) from published relevant empirical studies.

Setting:  Worldwide.

Demographic factors associated with myopia knowledge, attitude and preventive practices among adults in Ghana: a population-based cross-sectional survey.

Purpose: Knowledge, positive attitude and good preventive practices are keys to successful myopia control, but information on these is lacking in Africa. This study determined the KAP on myopia in Ghana.

Methods: This was a population-based cross-sectional survey conducted among adults (aged 18 years and older) living across 16 regions of Ghana between May and October 2021.

Toward Universal Eye Health Coverage-Key Outcomes of the World Health Organization Package of Eye Care Interventions: A Systematic Review.

Importance: Despite persistent inequalities in access to eye care services globally, guidance on a set of recommended, evidence-based eye care interventions to support country health care planning has not been available. To overcome this barrier, the World Health Organization (WHO) Package of Eye Care Interventions (PECI) has been developed.

Objective: To describe the key outcomes of the PECI development.

Strengthening the integration of eye care into the health system: methodology for the development of the WHO package of eye care interventions.

Objective: To describe the rational for, and the methods that will be employed to develop, the WHO package of eye care interventions (PECI).

Methods And Analysis: The development of the package will be conducted in four steps: (1) selection of eye conditions (for which interventions will be included in the package) based on epidemiological data on the causes of vision impairment and blindness, prevalence estimates of eye conditions and health facility data; (2) identification of interventions and related evidence for the selected eye conditions from clinical practice guidelines and high-quality systematic reviews by a technical working group; (3) expert agreement on the inclusion of eye care interventions in the package and the description of resources required for the provision of the selected interventions; and (4) peer review. The project will be led by the WHO Vision Programme in collaboration with Cochrane Eyes and Vision.