Myanmar
HKI
has been working in Myanmar since 2000.
Currently HKI-Myanmar's program is
supporting eye health initiatives that
are funded by the energy company
Total E&P
and its partners.
To achieve optimum
impact, HKI is assisting the national
teaching hospitals, Yangon Eye Hospital
and Mandalay Eye & ENT
Hospital, as well as Secondary Eye
Centers in Upper Myanmar, which are
part of the Trachoma Control and
Prevention of Blindness (TC/PB) network.
HKI-Myanmar currently supports
eleven Secondary Eye Centers that
are located in Sagaing, Shwee
Bo, Meikhtila, Min Bu, Tawng Dwingye,
Sint Gaing, Monywa, Kyakpadaung,
Myingyan, Pakoku, Sintgaing, and
Myaing, as well as seven general
hospitals (Dawei,
Sitwe, Lashio, Kyaukse,
Maubin, North Oklapa,
and Hinthada.)
The results of our assistance
are already impressive. The number
of cataract surgeries performed by
the centers we are supporting has increased
from 2,541 operations before the program
began in 2001 to 11,526 operations
in 2004. This success is even more
remarkable as compared to the zero
increase experienced in other parts
of the country in the TC/PB
system. Not only were more surgeries
performed, but a larger number were
done with implants, resulting in a
better quality of sight. In Sagaing,
for example, 97% of cataract surgeries
were done with an implant in 2004,
compared to 43% in 2000.
HKI-Myanmar has
excellent working relations
with the medical community in the country,
including the Myanmar Ministry
of Health. HKI's has a reputation
for providing equipment and services
in a timely and reliable manner, and
we ensure that the equipment
is used appropriately and kept in working
order. Periodic site visits and monitoring
and evaluation of results (conducted
through our office in Jakarta, Indonesia)
are essential components of our program.
Program Partners
- Total E&P and its partners
- Ministry of Health, Government
of Myanmar
- Yangon Eye Hospital
- Mandalay Eye & ENT Hospital
- Kyakpadaung Secondary Eye Center
- Meikhtila Secondary Eye Center
- Min Bu Secondary Eye Center
- Monywa Secondary Eye Center
- Myaing Secondary Eye Center
- Myingyan Secondary Eye Center
- Pakoku Secondary Eye Center
- Sagaing Secondary Eye Center
- Shwee Bo Secondary Eye Center
- Sint Gaing Secondary Eye Center
- Tawng Dwingye Secondary Eye Center
- Dawei General Hospital
- Hinthada General Hospital
- Kyaukse General Hospital
- Lashio General Hospital
- Maubin General Hospital
- North Oklapa General Hospital
- Sitwe General Hospital
Key Staff
- John Palmer - Country Director,
Indonesia & Program Advisor,
Myanmar
- Roy Tjiong - Deputy Director, Indonesia & Program
Advisor, Myanmar
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