{"id":320,"date":"2014-04-14T20:26:32","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T20:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/eyecarecaribbean\/2014\/04\/14\/caribbean-diabetic-retinopathy-programme-to-start-with-six-countries\/"},"modified":"2018-01-15T00:10:54","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T00:10:54","slug":"caribbean-diabetic-retinopathy-programme-to-start-with-six-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/ecc\/our-work-in-the-caribbean\/caribbean-diabetic-retinopathy-programme-to-start-with-six-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Caribbean Diabetic Retinopathy Programme To Start With Six Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"
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St. John\u2019s, Antigua, April 13, 2014 : Six countries from the Commonwealth Caribbean have been\u00a0selected to participate in the Caribbean Diabetic Retinopathy: Prevention, Screening, Referral\u00a0and Treatment Programme.<\/p>\n

Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Council for the Blind (CCB\/Eye Care Caribbean), Arvel\u00a0Grant, says the countries that will be participating are\u00a0Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Guyana, Jamaica and St. Lucia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe next step in the process is the development of a regional proposal based on national\u00a0consultations with\u00a0interested countries. Any of the six countries unable or unwilling to contribute\u00a0to the development of a good enough (basic) national proposal, may be excluded from the overall\u00a0regional programme,\u201d Grant said.<\/p>\n

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The inclusion of five the selected countries, is a direct flow, from their participation in the\u00a0Diabetic Retinopathy Situation Analysis, conducted by the Head of the United Kingdom\u2019s largest\u00a0Diabetic Retinopathy screening and treatment Programme, Dr. Mike Eckstein, in June, 2013.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Council is particularly gratified that this initiative fits well with our current preparations to\u00a0launch the Caribbean Diabetic Retinopathy KAP (Knowledge Attitudes and Practice) study, in:\u00a0Antigua-Barbuda, Barbados,\u00a0Guyana, Jamaica and St. Lucia.<\/p>\n

The research proposal is being finalized for submission to the Institution Review Board (IRB)\u00a0UWI, Barbados,\u201d the CEO added.<\/p>\n

In order to facilitate the development of national proposals, which will in turn inform the wider\u00a0regional proposal, CCB\/Eye Care Caribbean will assign Carl Browne, a public health\u00a0professional, to visit the six countries.<\/p>\n

Browne, who has functioned and consulted at national, regional and international levels will begin\u00a0the project in a few weeks, on a date to be announced.<\/p>\n

\u201cCarl possesses strong core competencies in the areas of leadership, communication and team\u00a0working. He has undertaken three prior regional assignments relating to Vision 2020 (The Right\u00a0To Sight) and I am delighted that he has indicated a willingness to join our team once again,\u201d said\u00a0Grant.<\/p>\n

Diabetic retinopathy, one of the most prevalent causes of blindness in the Caribbean, is a\u00a0condition occurring in persons with diabetes, which causes progressive damage to the retina, the\u00a0light sensitive lining at the back of the eye.<\/p>\n

Contact: Arvel Grant CEO \u2013 CCB\/Eye Care Caribbean<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

St. John\u2019s, Antigua, April 13, 2014 : Six countries from the Commonwealth Caribbean have been\u00a0selected to participate in the Caribbean Diabetic Retinopathy: Prevention, Screening, Referral\u00a0and Treatment Programme. Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Council for the Blind (CCB\/Eye Care Caribbean), Arvel\u00a0Grant, says the countries that will be participating are\u00a0Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Guyana, Jamaica and St. Lucia. \u201cThe next step in the process is the development of a regional proposal based on national\u00a0consultations with\u00a0interested countries. Any of the six countries unable or unwilling to contribute\u00a0to the development of a good enough (basic) national proposal, may be excluded from the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-our-work-in-the-caribbean"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/ecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/ecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/ecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/ecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/ecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/ecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":769,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/ecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320\/revisions\/769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/ecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/ecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/ecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecarecaribbean.com\/site\/ecc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}