Donations: how to ensure you really benefit
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Cordero I; Murray N; Nkumbe HE
- Source
- Community Eye Health Journal, Vol 23, Iss 73, Pp 32-33 (2010)
- Subject
- Equipment and Supplies
Organisation and Administration
Ophthalmology
RE1-994
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0953-6833
Appropriate donated equipment or consumables can help to achieve the goals of VISION 2020. However, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines on Healthcare Equipment Donation (2000), an estimated 70% or more of donated medical equipment is not being used.