Transforming Urban Eye Health in India - ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’ #12 by Civil Society Futures and Innovation Podcast published on 2020-11-27T17:35:20Z For the Centre’s 2020 Report on ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’, we’re speaking with inspirational innovators from civil society organisations (CSOs) around the world to hear the stories of their advocacy and programming work to make cities more inclusive. In this episode, RN Mohanty, Chief Executive Officer of Sightsavers India, tells us why this programme in Bihar represents a first of its kind - both for Sightsavers and in India - as a highly scaleable new model for integrating primary eye health services into urban public primary health services. RN explains why it is important for an organisation like Sightsavers to work in partnership with government to show what is possible in terms of improved service delivery for urban poor communities and how integration into the public health system will work, and supporting the government as the best placed actor to scale up to other cities. Explore the Centre’s ‘Civil Society Innovation and Urban Inclusion’ report: http://icscentre.org/innovationreport from November 2020. Find out more about Sightsavers India at their website: https://www.sightsaversindia.in/. This podcast is kindly supported by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and its Strong Cities 2030 initiative. Promoting global collaboration and knowledge sharing for sustainable urban development. Find out more about Stronger Cities 2030 at: https://www.kas.de/en/strong-cities-2030.
