January 25, 2014 It is 2:50 AM and I am at 36,000 feet with an airspeed of 581 miles per hour. The Captain says there are strong winds and my thoughts drift to the beloved character of Mary Poppins. And like her, I too am being carried to a
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How your donations were used : The following items were donated to the Eye Clinic of the Tamale Teaching Hospital in 2014 and 2015: Ophthalmic supplies: Surgical instruments Glaucoma drainage devices YAG laser ICare tonometer Perkins tonometer Intraocular lenses Miochol Vision blue Needles Surgical tape Surgical gloves Diagnostic lens Cauteries
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This year our group went to a small town in the Eastern part of Senegal called Ourossogie. Ivy, one of the Peace Corps Volunteers (PCV) who was with us last year, offered to organize a mission there. She said that to her knowledge, there had never been any cataract
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This mission was organized in Senegal by the Peace Corps with close cooperation with Dr Abdulaziz Diallo, ophthalmologist and dr Sall, the ophthalmic technician from the Department of Ophthalmology, Regional Hospital, Ourossogie, Senegal. From the US, five members of the nonprofit organization “Right to Sight and Health” participated: Pamela
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RAPPORT D’ACTIVITE Dans le cadre de la coopération tripartite entre le Centre Hospitalier Régional de Ourossogie, l’équipe d’ophtalmologistes de l’ONG (Right to Sight and Health) des Etats-Unis et les Volontaires de la Corps de la Paix s’est déroulées du 3 a 14 de septembre 2012. Nous avons opérée 115
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This mission was organized in Senegal by the Peace Corps with close cooperation with Oumar Tall Kane, the the ophthalmic technician from the Department of Ophthalmology, Regional Hospital, Bakel, Senegal. We did a cataract mission in Bakel in 2007 with the help of the Peace Corps and Dr Kane,
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Last year when we were in Ghana, our group was asked by Dr. Jacques Kemabia to do an eye mission in Cameroon. He is originally from there but has been working in Ghana for the past 20 years and is one of the most highly respected eye surgeons in
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Blinded by the Light…but not really light, it was cataracts “I never knew there were so many blind people wandering around Senegal unaccompanied.” – Tamba volunteer Now, thanks to the NGO Right to Sight and Health and 23 Peace Corps volunteers, there are 183 fewer blind eyes walking around
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The medical outreach program, organized by Dr Kennedy Opoku was held on 26th February 2011at a village called Brentuokrom about 10 kilometers from Agogo, Ghana. In all over 415 adults were screened for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, glaucoma and cataract. About 58% were treated for various ailments.247 children were treated for malaria,
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This mission was organized in Cameroon by Dr Jacques Kemabia, an ophthalmologist who is the head of the Department of ophthalmology of Agogo Hospital, Ghana. He is originally from Cameroon, from the Tonga area, and he wanted to help his own people. Six members of the nonprofit organization “Right
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