On September 13, 2024, the outreach team from Northern Community Eye Hospital met Adamu Muniru during a screening exercise in Zangballung-Bihi. At the time, Adamu could only perceive light in both eyes, severely impacting her ability to care for herself and her family, especially her infant. She relied heavily
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As part of activities to mark this year’s World Sight Day, The Northern Community Eye Hospital in collaboration with Dubai Charity Foundation, organized a free cataract camp at the premises of Northern Community Eye Hospital in Tamale. This program which took place from 7th to 10th October, 2022 saw
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This young man had Cataracts in both eyes for several years. He was completely blind. One week after bilateral surgery his vision is perfect in both eyes and he is able to resume his normal life.
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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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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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