Doing Right Things vs Doing Things Right-An example of a National Plan for Prevention of Blindness in Rwanda

Presenter: Keerti Pradhan, Aravind Eye Care System

Abstract

Purpose: Development of relevant, evidence based, practical and need specific National Plan for Prevention of Blindness

Method: An expert agency was identified who has experience in facilitating national plan development and design and all the stakeholders were invited for a three day planning workshop.

The workshop had a pre designed format to guide the sessions and daily plan of the workshop. Also a detailed background work and secondary research was done on the previous national plans and eye care programme in the country.

Results: The outcome of the three day workshop was a participatory and realistic national plan which was accepted by all stakeholders and had a higher level of buy in from the government.

Conclusion: A participatory process of developing national plans with a thorough background work helps in development and design of a practical and realistic national plan which helps in achieving the goals. Doing Right Things is of utmost importance as that guides the implementation.