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Now in its twelfth year of operation, Asia’s first international training facility for the propagation of sustainable and effective models of eye care continues to reach out to the developing world by sharing its expertise ever more broadly.
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» LAICO
(Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology) |
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LAICO was founded with the mission of contributing to the prevention and control of global blindness through teaching, training, consultancy, advocacy and research in eye care delivery.
Since its inception in 1993 it has accomplished a great deal towards fulfilling this mission.
LAICO’s work makes it possible for Aravind to transfer the best of its expertise and experience to an ever-increasing number of eye care institutes across India and the rest of the developing world. Its global impact on the quality and efficiency of eye care delivery is steadily growing.
Activities:
The activities of the institute contributing to eye care in India and other developing countries can be broadly classified under the following areas:
- Capacity Building of other eye hospitals
- Training Programmes – Clinical and Non-Clinical
- Research Activities and Projects
- Publications
- Support to Aravind eye Hospitals and Aurolab
- Advocacy and Contribution to Eye Care Programmes at National and International level through the Government and International NGOs.
LAICO provides needs-based support to the network of Aravind Eye Hospitals and Aurolab. This support is offered through various ways, one being systems development which allows efficient use of resources, another key area is quality management. LAICO also offers support in planning and conducting workshops.
The support offered by LAICO serves to enhance functioning in areas such as Human Resource, Purchase, Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Financial Management, Research and General Systems and procedures.
Faculty
As LAICO offers management support and consultancy services to hospitals in India and abroad, the faculty of the institute is able to incorporate a considerable amount of practical perspective in their teaching. The Institute Faculty consist of experts in the field of Management Sciences, Health Economics, Public Health, Hospital Management, Information Technology, Bio-statistics and Social Sciences. The courses are supported by the senior faculty from Aravind Eye Hospitals for clinical training. Visiting faculty from reputed training institutes and hospitals in India and abroad are also involved.
Facilities
The institute is located in a separate building with an area of 50,000 sq.ft. It has a well-equipped audiovisual unit, resource centre, library and publications division. The PG hostel provides comfortable accommodation for visiting faculty and students. The Institute’s Library and Resource Centre has an impressive collection of books, periodicals, videos, reports on eye-care programmes from around the world and on all aspect of community ophthalmology and hospital management.
All LAICO programmes and activities have the full advantage of complete and open access to the Aravind Eye Hospitals and all their activities as observational models with opportunities for data collection and research, and a forum for practical hands-on projects and skills development.
Collaborating Agencies
LAICO works closely with International organizations like World Health Organization, Lions International, Seva Foundation (USA), Sight Savers International (UK), International Eye Foundation (USA), Seva Service Society (Canada), CBM (Germany), Proctor Foundation (USA), Rotary International (USA) and the National Eye Institute (USA). LAICO also works closely with the Government of India, other NGO’s and the Government of Tamilnadu in the National Programme for the Control of Blindness.
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