Physical Health Ghana Project #5195

Outreach Eye Camps in Ghana

by Himalayan Cataract Project, Inc.

Project Report | Mar 28, 2012
Juaboso Outreach February 22 - 27

By Marie A Gakuba | Program Coordinator, Himalayan Cataract Project

Patients waiting for cataract surgery

Last month a team from Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Eye Unit led by Dr. Seth Lartey and Dr. Mike Feilmeier, a visiting ophthalmologist from the University of Nebraska conducted an outreach in Juaboso district of western region. This was the first outreach event in the district.

An advance team of Optometrists joined the local team and toured surrounding the communities to screen patients. Four towns were selected as screening posts. The local radio station including information van was hired to inform inhabitants of the impending program at the selected towns.

In all, a total of three hundred and two (302) people were screened in the four communities namely Sawfi Juaboso, Bodi, Bonsu Nkwanta and Asempa n’aye. A total of 33 people received cataract surgery.

Pre-operative patients

Patients receiving eye drops before surgery

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Dec 28, 2011
HCP partner in Ghana provides much needed care in remote area

By Pam Clapp | Project Manager

Mar 18, 2011
New Edubiase Outreach

By Marie A. Gakuba | Himalayan Cataract Project's Program Coordinator

Dr. Bujak examining a patient

HCP international fellow Dr. Matt Bujak has just returned from a six-week visit at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Ghana. While in Ghana, he participated in an outreach clinic held at a rural district hospital in New Edubiase. During this outreach event, Dr. Bujak and Dr. Seth Lartey from KATH performed over 20 cataract surgeries.

HCP’s Project Manager Pamela Clapp was also in Ghana and she had the opportunity to witness the outreach clinic for the first time. Below is what she had to say about her experience:

"I remember being very impressed with how appreciative the patients were for the clinical staff from KATH who came from Kumasi to bring cataract surgery to this remote village. I observed KATH's Dr. Seth Lartey and a third-year female medical student work side-by-side operating on patients who otherwise wouldn't receive this type of care because they don't have the means to get to the larger hospital. Dr. Matt Bujak, our HCP International fellow, was also present at the event. I was able to sit in his consultation room and observe numerous patient screenings which was valuable for me as a non-clinical person. It was a great experience because I was able to see what HCP does best - bring high-quality ophthalmic care to remote locations, while building local capacity through training." Pamela Clapp, HCP Project Manager.

With the support of the Himalayan Cataract Project, KATH plans to step up its outreach efforts in 2011 with at least 12 scheduled outreach clinics and the number of surgeries expected to reach 900.

On behalf of the Himalayan Cataract Project and our partners in Ghana, thank you for continuing to give the gift of sight.

patients waiting to be examined

Dr. Lartey performing sight-restoring surgery

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