An oculoplastic-trained surgeon, Dr JJ Khong is just one of a number of ANZSOPS Fellows from Australia/New Zealand who visit Cambodia every two months to conduct clinical teaching, take part in structured topic discussion and supervise surgery as a Sight For All Visionary. Oculoplastic-trained Visionary Dr Jwu Jin (JJ) Khong instructs Fellows at the Khmer …
Sight For All’s Refractionists Upskilling Project has given one Mandalay optometrist a new career direction after he was chosen to take part in a pilot project based at Myitta Nanda Station Hospital designed to improve regional eye health care in Myanmar. Aung Tin Hein practising slit lamp examination in training. “Working together with station hospital …
Refractionists training in Myanmar began in the 1960s but due to a lack of consistency, there were only 50 specialists in the field dealing with the eye health issues of 51 million people up until 2005. With the recent graduation of nine upskilled refractionists, Sight For All is helping change that. “The training was very …