Auzemery A, Ceccon J F, Ducousso F, Huguet P, Audugé A, Traoré J, Schémann J F
Institut d'Ophtalmologie Tropicale de l'Afrique, Bamako, Mali.
Sante. 1998 Mar-Apr;8(2):127-9.
The African Institute of Tropical Ophthalmology (AITO) was founded in Bamako in 1953. It is part of a regional structure, The Organization for Cooperation and Coordination in the Control of Major Endemic Diseases (OCCCMED). AITO is a WHO collaborating center for the prevention of blindness and has four aims: the provision of eye care, training (ophthalmologists, cataract surgeons, specialist nurses, spectacle manufacturers), research (epidemiology, clinical and surgical) and assessment of public eye care as a function of the needs of the member states of OCCCMED. The European Regional Program for the Prevention of Blindness and an International Sight First Program Center are located at AITO. AITO is at the heart of a network dedicated to fighting blindness, and its activities extend beyond the borders of the OCCCMED.
非洲热带眼科学研究所（AITO）于1953年在巴马科成立。它是区域机构“主要地方病控制合作与协调组织”（OCCCMED）的一部分。AITO是世界卫生组织预防失明合作中心，有四个目标：提供眼科护理、培训（眼科医生、白内障外科医生、专科护士、眼镜制造商）、研究（流行病学、临床和外科）以及根据OCCCMED成员国的需求评估公共眼科护理。欧洲预防失明区域计划和国际“视觉第一”计划中心都设在AITO。AITO处于致力于抗击失明的网络核心，其活动超出了OCCCMED的边界。
