PUBLIC HEALTH & VISION CARE : An Approach to Healthcare Management

Module 1 :
• Concept of Public Health
• Principles of Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Care
• Planning of Health Services.

Module 2 :
• Health Policies
• Role of Optometrist in Managing Eye Camps
• NPCB (National Programme for Control of Blindness)
• Role of Optometrists in Managing Refractive Blindness
• Health Insurance and the Role of Third-Party Administrators (TPA)

Module 3 :
• Foreign Body in the Eye
• Eye Pain
• Watering (Epiphora)
• Injuries
a) Perforating Injury
b) Non-Perforating Injury
c) Chemical Injury

Module 4 :
• Role of International Organization and NGOs in Eye Care

Module 5 :
• Public Health Approach
• National Health Policy 2002 – an Overview
• National Health Policy 2017
• National Medical Commission Bill, 2017
• National Nutrition Mission (NNM)
• Mental Healthcare Act, 2017
• HIV & AIDS (Prevention & Control) Act, 2017
• Universal Immunization Programme (UIP)
• Labour Room Quality Improvement Initiative – LAQSHYA
• Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan
• Family Planning – Logistics Management Information System
• Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme
• National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS)
• National Programme for Control of Blindness and Visual Impairment
• National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme
• The National AIDS Control Program (NACP)
• VISION 2020