Non-clinical managers: the key to a successful eye programme.

The author recommends hiring a good non-clinical program manager to handle the administrative tasks vital to a well-run ophthalmology department, explaining that doing so would leave the ophthalmologist in charge of the eye care unit to focus on patient care. Among the responsibilities of the manager of an eye care program include liaising with donors, organizing community outreach activities, making regular inventory reports of equipment and supplies, and overseeing human resource issues. INSET: Case study: Madagascar.