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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This year we returned to Senegal for the 4th time for another eye mission. We went to Tambacounda, a town of 80,000 inhabitants, 300 miles from Dakar. One of the Peace Corps volunteers, Katie Sterba, who worked with us last year offered to organize a mission there. We stopped
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Two River Eye Docs Volunteer In Africa By Art Petrosemolo A dedicated group of local ophthalmologists will leave for 14 days in Senegal, West Africa January 20th to treat cataracts and eye diseases. It’s their 11th humanitarian mission since 2007. Similar to the well known Doctors Without Borders, the
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APPORT D’ACTIVITE’ Dans le cadre de la coopération tripartite entre le Centre Hospitalier Régional de Tambacounda, 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 24 janvier a 4 février 2011. Nous avons opérée 183
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This mission was organized in Senegal by the Peace Corps with close cooperation from the Department of Ophthalmology, Regional Hospital, Tambacounda, Senegal. From the US, five members of the nonprofit organization “Right to Sight and Health” participated: Christine Hedges PhD, RN, Dominga Villagomez RN, Richard Alsobrook, OD, optometrist, and
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