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UAB SVOSH has had great opportunities to help in many different areas.
Where We Go
Tela Honduras
Overseas
Tela Honduras
Tela, Honduras
Overseas
Overseas Trips
2009 - Medellin, ColumbiaFall 2010 - Tela, HondurasSpring 2011 - Roatan, HondurasFall 2011 - Tela, HondurasWhere Next...
Roatan Honduras
Roatan, Honduras
Remote Area Medical
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Remote Area Medical (RAM)
One of the main provisions that Remote Area Medical® makes available at every expedition is full-service vision care. This includes basic screening, refracting, and eye exam. If the patient is found to need eye glasses, a pair is provided to them if possible.The primary purpose of the vision care team of Remote Area Medical® Rural AMerica and Reach Across AMerica programs is to provide people with eyeglasses to improve their present circumstances and to allow them to better see the world around them. For some, a pair of glasses may allow them to drive more safely, get a job or better execute their present job. For others, reading glasses will allow them to read more comfortably or thread a needle for the first time in years.
Cahaba Valley Health Care
Cahaba Valley Health Center
The Board of Cahaba Valley Health Care was formed in April 2000. We conducted a needs assessment among Latinos and discovered that the major needs of this community were vision care, dental care, and acute care. In August 2001 we began implementing vision screenings and providing glasses in local churches with Latino congregations."In 2001 we began our services with vision care. To accomplish our mission, we formed collaborations with UAB School of Optometry, UAB Department of Ophthalmology, SightSavers, Lenscrafters, Vestavia Eye Care, John Sasser Opticians, Inverness Eye Care, and Volunteer Optometric Service to Humanity (VOSH) including the Alabama chapter and the student chapter at UAB. Our vision screenings are performed by licensed optometrists, assisted by approximately 18 volunteers at each screening. We provide new reading glasses that have been donated or purchased. Because of our partnership with a local optician, we are able to fit patients at our screenings with custom made glasses. These glasses may be bifocals or address the problem of astigmatism and other eye conditions. Persons present for vision screening who need further care are referred for full exams and specialty services to the above mentioned collaborators, a member of our network of private practitioners, or to the CVHC Vision Referral Clinic. This clinic is located at the Retina Consultants of Alabama office at the Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital. The ophthalmologists of Retina Consultants generously donate their space for use by our volunteer ophthalmologists 4 times a year. At these clinics, our volunteer ophthalmologists perform complete eye examinations and eye care services. Children are referred to SightSavers, and are seen by Dr. Marcela Frazier, a bilingual optometrist at the UAB School of Optometry and a member of our Board. We began an educational program on occupational eye safety in 2006. This program includes tips on how to prevent eye injuries and each participant receives free safety glasses on site."
Tela Honduras II
Tela, Honduras (Fall 2011)
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