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Proposed Measures
The programme will support the training and deployment of ophthalmic staff and the provision of appropriate infrastructure and ophthalmic equipment to establish 10 local eye units, within the government health structure. These measures will enable a diagnostic, treatment and surgical service to be provided to the local population. The programme will also train primary health care staff in primary eye care & the referral of patients with eye conditions, plus basic eye health education to increase awareness of preventative eye care measures. The programme will also work to establish local systems to meet the costs of the poorest patients. These activities should increase the accessibility, and affordability, of eye care services to the population of NWFP/FATA. In addition, the programme will work to develop activities to cover the budgeted recurrent costs, such as salaries and monitoring costs, following the end of the programme funding period. The programme framework in section 8 provides a concise description of the programme activities.