Mr Makonda made the plea in the city
yesterday.He said that about 80 per cent of causes of sight problems
were preventable. “The public should cultivate the habit of having
frequent sight screening to prevent sight problems,” said the RC in a
speech read on his behalf by the Regional Medical Officer, Dr Grace
Magembe at free sight screening event at Mnazi Mmoja grounds.
The event was organised by Standard
Chartered Bank through its ‘Seeing is Believing’ Project to mark the
World Sight Day (WSD). The WSD is an annual day of awareness held on the
second Thursday of October to focus global attention on blindness and
vision.
Mr Makonda hailed Standard Chartered
Bank for organising the three-day sight screening event to city
residents, saying free sight screening would contribute to initiatives
being carried out by the government to attain the Global Vision 2020.
“I call upon other health stakeholders
including private sector to emulate the bank by conducting free sight
screening to support the efforts,” he said.
The Bank’s Chief Executive Officer
(CEO), Mr Sanjay Rughani, said the bank through its Seeing is Believing
Project would reach out to 17 million children in the country. He said
that the project is aimed at improving child eye health service
delivery.
“Standard Chartered Bank believes that
avoidable blindness and uncorrected vision impairment can be prevented
through investment in establishing better eye care services for
everyone,” he said.
Mr Rughani pointed out that the project covers six regions namely; Mbeya, Rukwa, Tabora, Mwanza, Manyara and Dar es Salaam.
He pledged to donate 300 million/- to
purchase modern technology eye care equipment which will be distributed
to various hospitals in the country, pointing out the equipment to be
purchased will include surgery sets to handle glaucoma and squint eyes
cases.
DAR ES SALAAM Regional Commissioner (RC) Paul Makonda has called upon
more health stakeholders to join hands with the government to facilitate
initiatives geared towards attaining the Global Vision 2020: The Right
to See.
Mr Makonda made the plea in the city
yesterday.He said that about 80 per cent of causes of sight problems
were preventable. “The public should cultivate the habit of having
frequent sight screening to prevent sight problems,” said the RC in a
speech read on his behalf by the Regional Medical Officer, Dr Grace
Magembe at free sight screening event at Mnazi Mmoja grounds.
The event was organised by Standard
Chartered Bank through its ‘Seeing is Believing’ Project to mark the
World Sight Day (WSD). The WSD is an annual day of awareness held on the
second Thursday of October to focus global attention on blindness and
vision.
Mr Makonda hailed Standard Chartered
Bank for organising the three-day sight screening event to city
residents, saying free sight screening would contribute to initiatives
being carried out by the government to attain the Global Vision 2020.
“I call upon other health stakeholders
including private sector to emulate the bank by conducting free sight
screening to support the efforts,” he said.
The Bank’s Chief Executive Officer
(CEO), Mr Sanjay Rughani, said the bank through its Seeing is Believing
Project would reach out to 17 million children in the country. He said
that the project is aimed at improving child eye health service
delivery.
“Standard Chartered Bank believes that
avoidable blindness and uncorrected vision impairment can be prevented
through investment in establishing better eye care services for
everyone,” he said.
Mr Rughani pointed out that the project covers six regions namely; Mbeya, Rukwa, Tabora, Mwanza, Manyara and Dar es Salaam.
He pledged to donate 300 million/- to
purchase modern technology eye care equipment which will be distributed
to various hospitals in the country, pointing out the equipment to be
purchased will include surgery sets to handle glaucoma and squint eyes
cases.
DAR ES SALAAM Regional Commissioner (RC) Paul Makonda has called upon more health stakeholders to join hands with the government to facilitate initiatives geared towards attaining the Global Vision 2020: The Right to See.
Mr Makonda made the plea in the city
yesterday.He said that about 80 per cent of causes of sight problems
were preventable. “The public should cultivate the habit of having
frequent sight screening to prevent sight problems,” said the RC in a
speech read on his behalf by the Regional Medical Officer, Dr Grace
Magembe at free sight screening event at Mnazi Mmoja grounds.
The event was organised by Standard
Chartered Bank through its ‘Seeing is Believing’ Project to mark the
World Sight Day (WSD). The WSD is an annual day of awareness held on the
second Thursday of October to focus global attention on blindness and
vision.
Mr Makonda hailed Standard Chartered
Bank for organising the three-day sight screening event to city
residents, saying free sight screening would contribute to initiatives
being carried out by the government to attain the Global Vision 2020.
“I call upon other health stakeholders
including private sector to emulate the bank by conducting free sight
screening to support the efforts,” he said.
The Bank’s Chief Executive Officer
(CEO), Mr Sanjay Rughani, said the bank through its Seeing is Believing
Project would reach out to 17 million children in the country. He said
that the project is aimed at improving child eye health service
delivery.
“Standard Chartered Bank believes that
avoidable blindness and uncorrected vision impairment can be prevented
through investment in establishing better eye care services for
everyone,” he said.
Mr Rughani pointed out that the project covers six regions namely; Mbeya, Rukwa, Tabora, Mwanza, Manyara and Dar es Salaam.
He pledged to donate 300 million/- to
purchase modern technology eye care equipment which will be distributed
to various hospitals in the country, pointing out the equipment to be
purchased will include surgery sets to handle glaucoma and squint eyes
cases.
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