Mon, 16 Oct 2017 06:11:52 +0000 By BENNIE MUNDANDO SAHARA Group says it has offered over 9,000 free eye-screening interventions and 2,500 eye surgeries across West Africa. The group also said it remained resolute to its commitment to helping people with eye problems. Head of corporate communication Bethel Obioma told the Daily Nation that Sahara group had recorded over 350 successful cataract surgeries in Ashanti region in Ghana alone through its #MakeVisionCount campaign. Mr. Obioma said due to a glaring number of people without sight which globally stands at 285 million people according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Sahara group had embarked on an ambitious programme through partnerships with stakeholders. He explained that the group’s initiative was already bearing fruit in West Africa as more people had benefited. “Sahara Group’s intervention programmes lend credence to WHO report that about 80 percent of visual impairment is avoidable, that is, readily treatable and or preventable. In […]
