A Two Day Outreach Program for Atonsu Market Workers Collaboration with Berry Health Foundation

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Ocular health propagation is an everyday thing, because our physiology is always changing and we have to face the fact that these changes have significant impact on our vision. This why this time round we organized screening exercise for the market people at Atonsu, a town in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana.

These workers spend a greater portion of the day working in the sun, every blessed day of the week and hardly have time for themselves, the sun is also known to have lots of detrimental effects on our eyesight, Ultraviolet rays are known to be significant contributors to cataract formation, macula degeneration as well as growth of Pterygium and Pinguecula. As a matter of fact, a lot of the women screened during the outreach session presented with either pterygium or pinguecula and had to be given drops to ease the symptoms that come with them however they may require surgery in the near future should they encroach the cornea and become inflamed.

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What is @bettervision about?

@bettervision is is a project initiated by @nattybongo and friends to give back to the society the knowledge and skill acquired through the Optometric Studies in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana.It is an outreach system where we visit the less privileged communities to offer free eye screening services and education to the people within the community

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
To reduce or prevent vision loss through diseases such as glaucoma, cataract and refractive errors.

To enlighten the majority of the Ghanaian population about the importance of proper visual care.

To conscientize people on the need for regular eye checks

To get more people to have their wards screened within the Critical periods of a Child’s Vision Development; thus from ages 3 to till about 10 years.

To help the blind and people with low vision live a better life within the society through education of the general public to stop stigmatization.

Our greatest gratitude goes to @fundition @adollaraday @surfyogi @girlsfoundation @bleepcoin @ackza and @wafrica for helping to make the aims and objectives of @bettervision a reality.

This is me @nattybongo reporting for @bettervision. Thanks for your time