PEDIATRIC OPTOMETRICS
Faculty of Optometry, Managua, NICARAGUA.
In 2020 we began our collaboration with the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (UNAM, Managua) and the Pediatric Hospital of San Juan de Dios of Barcelona (HSJD) to strengthen the capacities of their teachers and of 30 students in this subspecialty.
PROJECT
The collaboration that OCULARIS and the Pediatric Hospital of San Juan de Dios of Barcelona (HSJD) have committed to with the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (UNAM, Managua) is to strengthen the capacities of their 7 teachers and 30 students in this subspecialty per course and year, performing the following activities:
- MOBILITY OF TEACHERS AND INVESTIGATORS.
- DEVELOPMENT OF JOINT TEACHING, RESEARCH AND EXTENSION PROJECTS.
- PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS.
- EXCHANGE OF ACADEMIC INFORMATION AND PUBLICATIONS.
CONTEXT AND SITUATION IN NICARAGUA
According to data from the United Nations Nicaragua (2019), the country is ranked 126 of a total of 189 countries. Between 1990 and 2016, the population grew by 53.7%, reaching 6.3 million inhabitants in 2016. In 1990 it had an expansive trend structure, which currently acquires a stationary trend in the population under the age of 20.
Population
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GDP per inhabitant (€)
(Gross Domestic Product)
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Human Development Index (HDI)
%
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Inequality-adjusted HDI
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Life expectancy
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HDI Ranking
of a total of 189 countries
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Gender Development Index (GDI)
%
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VISUAL HEALTH CONTEXT
The public health care system only offers eye care and approximately 25% of ophthalmologists work in public hospitals, 75% work in private clinics, optometrists all work at opticians or private clinics; there are no optometrists in the public health care system.
90% of the subspecialists are in the capital and 80% of them general ophthalmologists; regarding optometrists, 80% stay in the capital.
Blind people
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Optometrists
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Optometrists
per million inhabitants
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Ophthalmologists
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Ophthalmologists
per million inhabitants
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CURRENT COLLABORATORS
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