The KCCO has led an effort to develop comprehensive
childhood blindness activities throughout Africa. With successful efforts
by African Ministries of Health and their NGO partners, vitamin A and
measles related corneal blindness has been rapidly decreasing in many
countries. Recent population based surveys have revealed that congenital
and developmental cataract are common
causes of blindness in children.
It has become clear that training a paediatric ophthalmologist
and paediatric anesthetist is not sufficient to meet the needs
of children requiring intervention. KCCO has been working, with
support from a number of organizations
(e.g. Academy for Educational Development,
Dark & Light Blind Care, Light for the World, and
Seva Canada) to implement strategies to:
- Identify and refer children who need intervention
- Provide support for transportation to hospital
- Ensure that children and their parents received good quality
counseling
- Improve follow up for post-surgery optical correction and low vision
service provision
- Ensure that children enrolled in schools for the blind or annexes
receive the most appropriate clinical and educational support.
Basic information and curricular details on a paediatric ophthalmology fellowship
through CCBRT in Tanzania
For more information about these programmes, please contact Dr. Paul Courtright
(pcourtright@kcco.net)
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Reports from Paediatric Surgical Outreach
in Mwanza
KCCO, KCMC, CCBRT, and the MoH conduct semi-
annual pediatric surgical outreaches in Mwanza, a
city in northern Tanzania. 2008 · June 2009 · June
2010 · November 2010.
- Report from Paediatric Surgical Outreach in
Mbeya, September 2008
- D&L Low Vision Report July-Dec 2009 (PDF)
- Second National Stakeholder Meeting on
Low Vision, and Inclusive Education, June
2009 (PDF)
- Mapping of Current Low Vision Care October
2007 (PDF)
- Stakeholders meetings on Low Vision and
Inclusive Education October 2007 (PDF)
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