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VISION CENTER SERVICES COMING TO BARBUDA, ALL SAINTS, GRAYS FARM AND JOHNSON'S POINT BY OCTOBER 2012

The placement
of Vision Centers at the four locations is the start of a longterm partnership between the Government and Arvel Grant - CEO-CCB/Eye people of Care Caribbean Antigua and Barbuda and CCB-Eye Care Caribbean. The Centers are designed to give every person in Antigua and Barbuda, access to Eye Health services on demand. In order to help persons who are unable to afford commercially available spectacles, CCB-Eye Care Caribbean is committed to supplying them with affordable, accessible and readily available (quality) prescription glasses and low vision appliances. CCB has determined that, to qualify, beneciaries must either be: 60 years or older A student Living with a disability Earning EC$ 3,000 per month or less Referred to the service by: A Member of Parliament, Minister of Religion or a serving Permanent Secretary

supervision from Dr Genalin Ang of the University of Guyana and other Optometrists in the employ of CCB-Eye Care Caribbean In addition to refurbishing the areas (in the 4 health facilities) to be used as Vision Centers, CCB-Eye Care Caribbean is in the process of acquiring the instruments and equipment required by the Refractionists to carry out the examination for those conditions. It is hoped that Ophthalmologists and Optometrists currently practicing in Antigua and Barbuda will be able to handle the dramatic increase in referrals to be generated by the four Refractionists who will start practicing here in the fourth quarter.

As part of its commitment to the global initiative, Vision 2020 "The Right To Sight" CCB-Eye Care Caribbean is institutionally committed to ensuring that all persons, living in Antigua & Barbuda, have access (on demand) to basic eye health services, including prescription glasses, as well as medical and surgical interventions.
Arvel Grant, C.Sw, B.Sc-Sw (Hons) DPA, MPH

Where referred patients are unable to afford private fees, CCB-Eye Care Caribbean proposes to work with the Mount St. Johns Medical Centre to help such patients access more affordable medical and or surgical interventions.

What are Refractionists trained to do? Educate patients members of their families and communities about common eye conditions, focusing on causes and symptoms. Undertake basic eye examinations while screening for: Cataract, Glaucoma, Diabetic Retinopathy, Refractive Errors and other Eye Diseases
Refer patients indicating the presence of eye conditions requiring: medical or surgical interventions to Ophthalmologists

To date, CCB-Eye Care Caribbean has nanced the training and deployment of more than 30 Refractionists in: St. Lucia, Jamaica and Guyana. By the end of September, four

Grays Farm Health Center

Our Purpose
Preventing blindness and visual impairment; while restoring sight and creating opportunities for persons whose sight cannot be restored. Contact : info@eyecarecaribbean.com

Refractionists will return to Antigua and Barbuda to take up duties in Government Health Centers after ! completing a programme of studies in Refraction Techniques at the University of Guyana.They will receive technical

Refer patients requiring complex refractions and contact lens to Optometrists

Provide refractive services to patients with common refractive errors.