Priority of Functional and Organizational Improvement and Resource Provision of the Intersectoral Interaction for the Preserve the Children’s Ophthalmological Health in Ukraine

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Connection of the publication with planned research works.The work was carried out within the framework of the research work "Development of new methods of diagnostics, treatment and prevention of refractive, inflammatory, dystrophic and traumatic diseases of the organ of vision and their clinical and experimental substantiation" (state registration number 0120U105324) of the Department of Ophthalmology of the Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine.Introduction.Preserving children's health remains a priority of national health care, as the health of the younger generation is the key to the country's socio-economic well-being and defence capability in the future. The state of health of the visual analyser in childhood determines the harmony of personality development, including its physical and psycho-emotional components [1][2][3][4][5][6][7].It has been proven that children with uncorrected visual impairments have difficulties with social adaptation and are more prone to physical inactivity and withdrawal [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15].That is why WHO initiatives, including VISION 2020, included programmes for preventing and timely diagnosis of the eye and its accessory visual structures diseases in children [16][17][18][19][20].The modern development of society necessitates the search for new approaches to organizing medical and preventive ophthalmological care for children, who are in the context of the growing spread of IT technol- СОЦІАЛЬНА МЕДИЦИНА, ЕКОНОМІКА ТА ОРГАНІЗАЦІЯ ОХОРОНИ ЗДОРОВ'Я / SOCIAL MEDICINE, ECONOMY AND HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONincluding personnel, of the system of intersectoral interaction for the preservation of the ophthalmological health of children in Ukraine. Additionally, monitoring criteria for the effectiveness of the implementation of the proposed approaches have been developed.